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From: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: What is missing from Git v2.0
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

>> If we don't standardize this now people will come up with their own
>> definitions [1] [2] (and many others if you just search GitHub) which
>> are again likely to differ (slightly), hindering interoperability.
>
> I am afraid that that ship has sailed long time ago, though.

That's most likely true, but it does not get better by postponing this
even more. I still think there's value in introducing this now, Git
still attracts new developers every day. In fact, I currently see a
leap forwarding in the Windows world towards Git, caused by some
rethinking and structural changes in some big companies.

-- 
Sebastian Schuberth