David Kastrup wrote: >> These files which store metadata would be stored in a way that is >> "in another dimension" to the project files, despite being a part of >> the history. That means that all tools built to deal with regular >> files and directories will not be able to merge the changes to the >> attributes without special support. I think this is broken. >> > > That presumes that a good way to merge attributes is to use a text > file merge algorithm, complete with finding diff context lines in a > basically unchanged order. > Yes. Is that not a reasonable assumption, in the absence of anything more enlightened? >> As far as file properties goes, I still like Linus' idea of making >> these files which are accessed by treating the file as a directory >> (eg filename.txt/ACL, filename.txt/mime-type), and that approach >> could be represented in git well. >> > > Well, at least _some_ interesting Reiser4 idea resurfaces. > That was in there too? Man that Reiser4 manifesto read like the Naked Lunch. Sam. - 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
