I was around back then and uploading websites, (version controlling on svn, not git), and I do not recall it being a standard. The closest standard I can think

I was around back then and uploading websites, (version controlling on svn, not git), and I do not recall it being a standard. The closest standard I can think of is .htaccess files (which we did upload) for various vhost specific settings. What is your basis for this standard? Was there a mailing list agreement I missed?