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From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Subject: Re: remote#branch
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:15:18 -0700
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>>>>> "Linus" == Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

Linus> So the only argument really is:

Linus>  - Nobody has pointed to *any* reason to follow 1738.

Linus>  - I have pointed to reasons *not* to do it.

I can support non-compliance with 1738.  However, I'd also suggest
that outside of this cozy group of developers, URL already has a heavily
defined meaning associated with 1738.

Therefore, I propose that the git docs refrain from calling these things
"URLs" because they're not, and instead adopt something like "GRL" (git
resources locator) or whatever.

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