Config for branch, not in branch

[Vincent LADEUIL]

>>>>> "Denys" == Denys Duchier <duchier at ps.uni-sb.de> writes:

    Denys> Erik Bågfors <zindar at gmail.com> writes:
    >> What I didn't think about is that the configuration (my
    >> email in this case) was lost when I moved the branch.
    >> 
    >> I would prefer if this was kept inside the branch. What's
    >> the reason it's in a separate configuration file?

    Denys> because that's personal information, not branch data.

Fine point.


    Denys> If someone grabs your branch, he should not suddenly
    Denys> start committing in your name :-)

Of course.

But what  if I want  to keep  track of my  email changes ?  Is it :
1 - Stupid ?
2 - Impossible ?
3 - Not a good idea ?

Let  see... my  email is  here to  help others  find me,  so that
should  always  be  the   latest  one  (hopefully  the  one  that
works). So I guess it's a tie between 1 and 3 :-)

But then, why bzr  allows different emails for different branches ?

Is email just a strange beast which cannot be versionned but need
to be attached to a branch anyway ?

    Vincent (thinking out loud)