From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Re: Empty directories...
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:41:27 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0707211840000.3607@woody.linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85r6n1p7sb.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, David Kastrup wrote:
> Make it have an empty reference, and it is unique.
I *really* don't see the point.
And you seem to have igored totally my treatise on "content" and how the
stuff git tracks must be stuff that is visible and detectable in the
trees. And if I understand you correctly, you also wouldn't be backwards
compatible.
IOW, there's a lot of "why's" at all levels.
I don't see the *point*. What's the problem you're trying to solve?
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-22 1:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 137+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-18 0:13 Empty directories David Kastrup
2007-07-18 0:35 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-18 6:07 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-18 10:26 ` Johannes Schindelin
[not found] ` <86tzs2m1h7.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>
2007-07-18 11:24 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-18 11:40 ` Matthieu Moy
2007-07-18 12:12 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-18 16:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-18 16:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-18 17:38 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-18 18:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-18 16:39 ` Matthieu Moy
2007-07-18 17:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-18 21:37 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-18 21:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-18 23:13 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-18 23:16 ` [RFC PATCH] " Linus Torvalds
2007-07-18 23:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-18 23:42 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-19 0:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-19 5:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-19 5:38 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-07-19 6:08 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-19 7:10 ` Geoff Russell
2007-07-19 6:09 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-07-19 8:13 ` Matthieu Moy
2007-07-19 10:51 ` Tomash Brechko
2007-07-19 11:31 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-19 12:32 ` Tomash Brechko
2007-07-19 12:46 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-23 20:18 ` Nix
2007-07-23 20:49 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-23 21:49 ` Nix
2007-07-23 22:05 ` Nix
2007-07-23 22:52 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-07-25 22:43 ` Nix
2007-07-23 22:16 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-23 22:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-23 23:32 ` Nix
2007-07-23 23:57 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <86ps2ithyl.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>
2007-07-24 6:56 ` Nix
2007-07-19 12:38 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-19 13:21 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-19 12:16 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-19 12:24 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-19 14:44 ` Brian Gernhardt
2007-07-19 15:43 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-19 16:06 ` Brian Gernhardt
2007-07-19 16:17 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-19 16:28 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-19 16:34 ` Brian Gernhardt
2007-07-19 17:30 ` Johannes Schindelin
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.64.070719 1829530.14781@racer.site>
2007-07-19 17:47 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-19 16:17 ` Matthieu Moy
2007-07-19 16:21 ` David Kastrup
[not found] ` <9436820E-53D1-425D-922E-D4C76578E40A@silverinsanity.com>
[not found] ` <863azk78yp.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>
2007-07-19 15:08 ` Brian Gernhardt
2007-07-19 15:27 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-19 15:50 ` Brian Gernhardt
2007-07-20 0:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-20 0:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-20 0:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-20 2:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-20 2:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-20 5:55 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-20 5:58 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-20 15:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-20 5:35 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-20 9:27 ` Simon 'corecode' Schubert
2007-07-20 10:11 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-20 10:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-20 13:23 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-20 19:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-20 21:02 ` Johan Herland
2007-07-20 21:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-20 22:36 ` Julian Phillips
2007-07-21 0:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-21 1:23 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-21 3:54 ` David Kastrup
[not found] ` <7vir8f24o2.fsf@assigned -by-dhcp.cox.net>
2007-07-20 5:53 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-20 10:19 ` Olivier Galibert
2007-07-19 5:59 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-19 9:54 ` David Kastrup
[not found] ` <?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?alpine.LFD.0.999?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?.070718=041710271.?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?27353@woody.linu?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?x-foundation.org?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?>
2007-07-22 21:08 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-21 4:29 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-21 4:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-21 5:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-21 5:28 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-21 15:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-21 17:38 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-21 17:52 ` Simon 'corecode' Schubert
2007-07-21 18:08 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-21 23:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-22 0:18 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 0:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-22 1:05 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 1:41 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2007-07-22 2:39 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 3:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-22 4:28 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 6:38 ` david
2007-07-22 9:08 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 17:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-22 17:59 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 17:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-07-22 17:33 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.L FD.0.999.0707221031050.3607@woody.linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-22 18:58 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 1:16 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-07-22 1:39 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 12:06 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-07-22 13:53 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 20:26 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-07-22 22:57 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-23 6:05 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-23 7:45 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 0:34 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 4:00 ` Brian Gernhardt
2007-07-28 8:44 ` David Kastrup
[not found] ` <?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?alpine.LFD.0.999?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?.07072=0402135450.?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?27249@woody.linu?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?x-foundation.org?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?>
2007-07-21 5:15 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-18 17:34 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-18 0:39 ` Matthieu Moy
2007-07-18 6:16 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-18 6:30 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-07-18 2:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-18 5:56 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-18 6:34 ` Wincent Colaiuta
2007-07-18 6:53 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <867ioyqhgc.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>
2007-07-18 23:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-20 8:29 ` Johan Herland
2007-07-20 8:41 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-20 10:20 ` Johan Herland
2007-07-20 10:54 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-20 12:18 ` Johan Herland
[not found] ` <86odi7utdj.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>
2007-07-20 13:20 ` Johan Herland
2007-07-20 13:33 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-22 21:35 ` David Kastrup
2007-07-26 23:33 ` Robin Rosenberg
2007-07-27 5:22 ` David Kastrup
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