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Re: dotfile support

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ZBZack Brown <zbrown@tumblerings.org>
Date
Dec 7, 2005, 18:19 UTC
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<20051207181924.GA21343@tumblerings.org>
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On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:43:29AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Zack Brown <zbrown@tumblerings.org> writes:
> 
> > What's the status of dotfile support? I can only find one thread that really
> > discusses the issue:
> >...
> > So that's my pitch: Leaving out dotfile support seems like it creates an
> > unnecessary limitation that eliminates some valid uses of git.
> 
> Valid argument, and resolved thusly quite some time ago, with
> commit 320d3a1b1aa04d75f0aaff3cc7cf582e144a84c6 on May 24th
> 2005.
> 
> You probably have missed it because unfortunately this commit
> happened after the latest issue of git traffic ;-).

Actually I've started including summaries of git list threads in Kernel Traffic as well, for the past few issues. :)

Be well, Zack

> 
-- 
Zack Brown
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Message 23 of 25 in “Storing permissions”
  1. Martin MaresApr 16, 2005
  2. Paul JacksonApr 16, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2005
  4. Paul JacksonApr 17, 2005
  5. David A. WheelerApr 17, 2005
  6. Morten WelinderApr 17, 2005
  7. Paul JacksonApr 17, 2005
  8. Linus TorvaldsApr 17, 2005
  9. Paul JacksonApr 17, 2005
  10. Linus TorvaldsApr 17, 2005
  11. David A. WheelerApr 17, 2005
  12. Paul JacksonApr 17, 2005
  13. Daniel BarkalowApr 17, 2005
  14. Linus TorvaldsApr 17, 2005
  15. David A. WheelerApr 17, 2005
  16. Symlinks [was Re: Storing permissions]Morten Welinder, Apr 17, 2005
  17. Zack BrownDec 7, 2005
  18. Andreas EricssonDec 7, 2005
  19. Zack BrownDec 7, 2005
  20. Petr BaudisDec 7, 2005
  21. Johannes SchindelinDec 7, 2005
  22. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2005
  23. Zack BrownDec 7, 2005
  24. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2005
  25. H. Peter AnvinDec 8, 2005

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