On Wed, 10 Sep 2008, Stephen R. van den Berg wrote:
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> But then how would someone who clones the repository get at the information?

You just said it wouldn't get there with fetches.

If clone acts differently from a "full" fetch, something is really really 
wrong.

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> The information is essential to understand backports between the various
> stable branches.

No it's not. You can mention the backport explicitly in the commit 
message, and then you get hyperlinks in the graphical viewers. That works 
when people _want_ it to work, instead of in some hidden automatic manner 
that does entirely the wrong thing in all the common cases.

What more do you want?

		Linus
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