From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thorsten Glaser Subject: Re: Tracking file metadata in git -- fix metastore or enhance git? Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 19:05:31 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4D9EDCEA.9010903@drmicha.warpmail.net> <20110408185924.GA25840@elie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Michael J Gruber , Richard Hartmann , Git List To: Jonathan Nieder X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Apr 08 21:15:09 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q8H98-0006cq-Dg for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:15:06 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757696Ab1DHTPA convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:15:00 -0400 Received: from static-87-79-237-121.netcologne.de ([87.79.237.121]:46701 "EHLO herc.mirbsd.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757680Ab1DHTO7 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:14:59 -0400 Received: from herc.mirbsd.org (tg@localhost [IPv6:::1]) by herc.mirbsd.org (8.14.5.Beta0/8.14.5.Beta0) with ESMTP id p38J5Xo2015136 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 8 Apr 2011 19:05:36 GMT Received: (from tg@localhost) by herc.mirbsd.org (8.14.5.Beta0/8.14.5.Beta0/Submit) id p38J5W3Q014379; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 19:05:32 GMT Received: by S/MIME Plugin for MirBSD 10 Kv#10uAE-20110220 i386; Fri Apr 8 19:05:31 UTC 2011 X-X-Sender: tg@herc.mirbsd.org In-Reply-To: <20110408185924.GA25840@elie> X-Message-Flag: Your mailer is broken. Get an update at http://www.washington.edu/pine/getpine/pcpine.html for free. Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jonathan Nieder dixit: >I think the most native-looking way to store metadata associated to >paths is .gitattributes. It also has the nice feature of allowing a >single attribute to apply to multiple files. Eh, no. Think of extended attributes like, say, NTFS Resource Forks. They=E2=80=99re just different =E2=80=9Clines=E2=80=9D into the =E2=80=9C= plane=E2=80=9D a file can be, if you excuse the metapher. (All parallel, of course.) They are just another facet of each file. bye, //mirabilos --=20 22:20=E2=8E=9C The crazy that persists in his craziness becomes= a master 22:21=E2=8E=9C And the distance between the craziness and genia= lity is only measured by the success 18:35=E2=8E=9C "Psychotics are con= sistently inconsistent. The essence of sanity is to be inconsistently inconsisten= t