Gerhard Wiesinger <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Andreas Ericsson wrote: >> On 04/27/2010 09:38 PM, Gerhard Wiesinger wrote: >>> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Andreas Ericsson wrote: >>>> On 04/27/2010 07:23 AM, Gerhard Wiesinger wrote: >>>>> 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. [...] >> 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. -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html