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Re:MathBox 2: PowerPoint Must Die by tbrownaw on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @09:17AM (#10295998)
The security model for that might be, um, interesting.

You don't want to clone a particular revision ID, you want to clone a particular branch. If it "lives" in one known place, then its home can provide access control. But if it doesn't have a home like that, then everyone needs to have consensus on what's included and what's not. And you probably don't want to have to publicize a new repo/branch/whatever ID every time your committer list changes.

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Re:MathBox 2: PowerPoint Must Die by IanCal on Wednesday September 30, 2015 @03:53AM (#10302413)
> You don't want to clone a particular revision ID, you want to clone a particular branch

Actually, that's exactly what I personally want for a bunch of things. I want to grab a very specific version of an item and know that I've got the one I expected.

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Re:MathBox 2: PowerPoint Must Die by jsprogrammer on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @11:45AM (#10297126)
You have a trusted manifest and you only run what's in the manifest.
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