(+cc: Jeff and Thomas, pioneers in application of notes) Hi! Patrick Doyle wrote: > Once in a while, I would like to run some scripts that will > automatically generate some files that I keep maintained in my > repository. (Yes, I know that I shouldn't have to keep them version > controlled if I can regenerate them, but it's easier to check out old > versions of the files than it is to check out old versions of the > repository, wait 1/2 hour to regenerate the files, and then look at > them). Not what you asked, but here's an alternative approach. The idea is that sometimes you might not want to wait 1/2 hour for each commit and that keeping generated files in this case is more about caching than tracking content. So, wouldn't it be nice if you could ask to remember these generated files _after_ commiting? It works like this: An expensive command to generate some files can be run (asynchronously?) by explicit request, commit hook, or cron job. First it would check if the file is already available. if git notes --ref=generated/expensive.result show HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1 then # already cached exit 0 elif test $? != 1 then # exit with error message exec git notes --ref=generated/expensive.result show HEAD fi # no note found; let's make one! ... expensive operation ... blob=$(git hash-object -w expensive.result) && git notes --ref=generated/expensive.result add -C "$blob" HEAD || exit The result could be retrieved on checkout (see the post-checkout hook) or explicitly. git notes --ref=generated/expensive.result show HEAD >expensive.result+ mv expensive.result+ expensive.result See v1.7.2-rc0~159^2~1 (diff: cache textconv output, 2010-04-01) for a similar (but not identical) example. Unfortunately the notes-cache facility used there is not currently exposed for scripted use. Sorry for the digression. To return to your question: > I also like to review the files before they get committed. Maybe "git commit -v" or the prepare-commit-msg hook could help? Thanks for an example. Jonathan -- 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