You'll find in the mailing list archives at least one patch like this too, one under my name. There's some rationale for rejection there.
- [hackers] [st][PATCH] Use git archive to create the dist t... Steve Ward
- Re: [hackers] [st][PATCH] Use git archive to create t... Hiltjo Posthuma
- Re: [hackers] [st][PATCH] Use git archive to create t... Alex Pilon
