From: martin f krafft Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:42:25 GMT Subject: Re: Track /etc directory using Git Message-ID: <20070915154225.GA17704@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net> In-Reply-To: <20070915152724.GC27494@artemis.corp> also sprach Pierre Habouzit [2007.09.15.1727 +0200]: > > 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. -- .''`. martin f. krafft : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "this sentence contradicts itself -- no actually it doesn't." -- douglas hofstadter