On August 21, 2020 8:40 AM, Lukas Straub wrote: > On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 09:01:25 -0400 > Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 01:34:45PM +0200, Lukas Straub wrote: > > > > > Yes, there are many workarounds and they work well in the CI > > > usecase. However, for the arbitrary files usecase there is no good > > > workaround. I currently use a script which iterates over the tree > > > and renames .git -> dotgit before running any git command and back > > > again afterwards, but it is slow and brittle. I toyed with the idea > > > of writing a FUSE filesystem to do the renaming, but it is needlessly > complex and hurts performance. > > > > > > Really, this problem should be solved in git itself. > > > > It is unclear to me why need to hold many sub-repositories within the > > parent one, nor what Git operations you expect to perform over them. > > And what disadvantages your script solution has. > > > > Perhaps you can give a more concrete use-case (but before you spend a > > lot of time doing so, I'll warn you that I find it pretty unlikely > > that it will cross the bar necessary to counter the downsides we've > > discussed so far). > > > > -Peff > > I store all my files in several git(-annex) repositories. By "files" I mean > anything you might find in your home directory across your devices, anything > on usb thumbdrives, sd cards and maybe your home NAS. And anything you > would usually use google photos, iCloud, dropbox, etc. for. > Concrete examples: > I store the home directories (containing git repos) of two retired machines in > such a repository. I don't store the homes in a archive file as I want to use > git-annex's ability to only have the contents of files I need on my laptop. > I store my development directory containing several(130) > git/svn/unversioned projects in another repo. This allows me to version and > sync everything (including WIPs) across my machines. I tried alternative > workflows and they didn't work out. > > In both cases, the script introduces a delay of ~10 seconds to every git > command I run in the outer repository and I have to remember to use the > script on these repos. > Moreover, I can't use the git-annex assistant, which watches the repo and > automatically commits and syncs file changes. > In my opinion, I want to be able to set the allow-dotgit config and it'll just > work without the delay and without having to remember the script. > > The downsides we discussed don't apply in this usecase. These are mostly > personal files, so I wont upload them to any hosting site (not even private > ones). There is no security impact as I only sync with trusted devices. Have you considered git clone --mirror? This might solve your situation in a different way, but should keep your repositories in sync with each other. It also allows you to have different .git/config files on different platforms (rather important when doing multiplatform development particularly with submodules). Randall -- Brief whoami: NonStop developer since approximately 211288444200000000 UNIX developer since approximately 421664400 -- In my real life, I talk too much.
