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ad_hominem on July 17, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Don't link to line numbers in GitHub

This has nothing to do with line numbers whatsoever, it's about constructing links using whatever commit the branch is currently on rather than linking to the branch. A regular link to a file using a branch reference could just as easily disappear completely as the branch reference moves.

trebor on July 17, 2014 [–]

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