Re: A generalization of git notes from blobs to trees - git metadata?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> It's like "keeping track of /etc" (or "your home directory").  It is a
> misguided thing to do because you are throwing in records of the
> states of totally unrelated things into a single history.

I've recently tried doing this again with Git, so this comment piqued my
interest. (That is, tracking changes to my various configuration files.)
I agree that browsing the history in toto is jarring, though the history
of a particular file may be telling.

Is there an alternative you'd recommend?

-- 
Steven E. Harris

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