Re: Metadata and checkin file date

Gerhard Wiesinger [off-list ref] writes:

On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Andreas Ericsson wrote:

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On 04/27/2010 09:38 PM, Gerhard Wiesinger wrote:

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On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Andreas Ericsson wrote:

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On 04/27/2010 07:23 AM, Gerhard Wiesinger wrote:

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b.) rights (basic: chmod, chow, chgrp, extended: extended attributes
like ACLs and selinux), necessary for versioning e.g. /etc

Sounds like you want a backup-program. Some projects have been
aimed towards this goal already. [...]. AFAIR, most of them work
with two hook-scripts that update a regular file with the
meta-data of all tracked files. [...]

Adding it to core git would mean re-designing git's basic data
model, which is obviously not something we're about to do on
a whim.

No, I'm NOT looking for a backup program. Every admin has the problem of
versioning config files (for example /etc). Versioning of config files
makes sense because one can track the changes and e.g. correlate to
problems. A backup program doesn't have features like history, committer
and comments on file changes. Therefore git would be a perfect tool also
for versioning configuration. (Software development doesn't end with the
build but typically also has deployment&configuration issues).

See IsiSetup, etckeeper and other such tools.

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In short: What you want can be (and has been) done, but it's written
as addons and not integral parts of git.

A first quick look on them: They are only a workaround to the real
problem. For example subversion therefore has generic properties which
also can be user defined (e.g. svn propset/propget) and I think such a
concept should also be integrated part of git.

Only my 2 cents making git (one of the SCM where I think it is very
powerful and has also potential in the future) even better than
competition.

Actually using *properties* is one of MIS-designs of Subversion.
Storing generic sh*t in repository is not a good idea either.

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Jakub Narebski
Poland
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