Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > As I said, I do think it is rare for us to start with only "ideas" > without anything concrete to comment on, and that is why I asked > some references (e.g., URLs into the archive) to a discussion in the > past of a larger decisions where (1) something is proposed, (2) > discussed, and (3) declaration that a consensus has reached, if a > document describes the status quo. FYI, what I readily recall was the discussion that started here. https://lore.kernel.org/git/20170304011251.GA26789@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ It did have a few iterations and then near the end the consensus has turned into a "patch" that adds the design document to our history, but otherwise, it did not involve a "series" level patch reviews. HTH..