Re: Tracking file metadata in git -- fix metastore or enhance git?

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Jonathan Nieder dixit:

>Each git commit (try it with "git cat-file commit HEAD) looks like so:
[â]
>So you see, using ordinary files [â] makes a lot of
>sense.

True. Iâd forgotten for a second that git is a stupid content
tracker and confused it with a VCS. My bad. Your reasoning is
of course sound. (I must admit I personally donât have much
experience with git, other than losing a lot of data once.)

>Now Michael mentioned an alternative, which is to store this
>information in separate objects.  That way, you could push your

This might be an alternative. RichiH, what are the requirements?
I fear that the dotfile way will meet them better, considering
that they are versioned together, not separately, and what you
told me quickly about the idea.

bye,
//mirabilos
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