Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> writes: > The most recent example I can find is 2010: > http://public-inbox.org/git/4c6a1c5b.4030...@workspacewhiz.com/. > > It also came up in 2007: > http://public-inbox.org/git/c0e9f681e68d48eb8989022d11fee...@ntdev.corp.microsoft.com/ > Earlier in that year it even made the "What's not in 1.5.2" list. > http://public-inbox.org/git/11793556383977-git-send-email-jun...@cox.net/ > > Perhaps those references could be a useful starting point for an > interested person's thinking.
Thanks for links. It seems that my thinking back in 1.5.3 timeperiod was to introduce "precious" attribute. I noticed that among the four-message "What's not in 1.5.2" series, 3/4 has a large discussion that may be relevant to Brandon's "submodule is-active" thing.