Re: [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert

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Jeff King wrote:
>On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:34:27AM +0200, Stephen R. van den Berg wrote:
>> - The origin information is no longer cryptographically protected (under
>>   certain circumstances this could be considered an advantage and a
>>   disadvantage at the same time).

>I haven't thought enough about it to decide whether there is a scenario
>where making such a "cherry-picked from" annotation might make use of
>that property.

Being able to subvert the authenticity of git blame by providing fake
origin information is not very appealing.
-- 
Sincerely,
           Stephen R. van den Berg.

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