Re: [RFC] Plumbing-only support for storing object metadata

david@lang.hm wrote:

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

* Define a specific leading path, say ".attrs" the hierarchy to store the
 attributes information.  Attributes to a file README and t/Makefile

1. tieing the attributes to the file more directly will make it much 
easier to deal with them along with the file in the non-rich checkout 
(it's much easier to say README* then README .attr/README*)

I have to agree that from a practical standpoint for the user, having
the file and the attribute tree right next to each other in the tree is
a lot easier to manage.

So even though setting up a shadow attribute tree is cleaner because it
doesn't need some kind of magic extension, it tends to clutter the
management in the flat-file checkout case.
-- 
Sincerely,
           Stephen R. van den Berg.

"Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!"