Re: Track /etc directory using Git

From: martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org>
Date: Sep 15, 2007, 15:42 UTC
Message-ID: <20070915154225.GA17704@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070915152724.GC27494@artemis.corp>

also sprach Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> [2007.09.15.1727 +0200]:

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> > I think it doesn't get bloated until you try to support the model of
> > tracking different stuff for different files in the same repo. If
> > you just track one set of data across all files in the repo, I don't
> > think it'll cause too much bloat.
> 
>   Yeah but if the stuff is opaque to git, you'll definitely end up with
> security issues, which makes it also a no-go for /etc versionning.

With "opaque to git" do you mean "implemented outside git"?

I'd say if done properly inside git, the security issues could be prevented.

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