From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Josef Weidendorfer Subject: Re: Using GIT to store /etc (Or: How to make GIT store all file permission bits) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:13:34 +0100 Message-ID: <200612111313.34292.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> References: <787BE48C-1808-4A33-A368-5E8A3F00C787@mac.com> <19476830-E30A-42B7-AD9B-4C417D830C8E@mac.com> <457D3573.2010001@op5.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:14:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Kyle Moffett , Jakub Narebski , git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 In-Reply-To: <457D3573.2010001@op5.se> Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new/sophie/sophos at mailrelay1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gtk2g-0001Cr-KA for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:13:58 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762852AbWLKMNs (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:13:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762864AbWLKMNr (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:13:47 -0500 Received: from mailout1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de ([131.159.0.18]:55343 "EHLO mailout1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762852AbWLKMNr (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:13:47 -0500 Received: from dhcp-3s-46.lrr.in.tum.de (dhcp-3s-46.lrr.in.tum.de [131.159.35.46]) by mail.in.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E62FD20E9; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:13:45 +0100 (MET) To: Andreas Ericsson Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org On Monday 11 December 2006 11:39, Andreas Ericsson wrote: > > Import/export scripts literally require wrapping every single GIT > > command with a script that changes directory a few times, reads from a > > different checked-out tree, and permutes some extended-attribute data > > slightly before storing it in the underlying GIT tree. Even without > > adding any new functionality whatsoever that doubles the amount of code > > just for finding your repository and checking command-line arguments, > > and that's a crazy trade-off to make in any situation. > > > > GIT_DIR=/some/where/else/.git git log -p Doing this everytime you want to run a git command *is* a lot of time wasted for typing. The .gitlink proposal would come in handy here: you have a simple file instead of .git/, which links to the real repository.