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Re: git guidance

From
JXJing Xue <jingxue@digizenstudio.com>
Date
Nov 29, 2007, 15:52 UTC
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<20071129105220.v40i22q4gw4cgoso@intranet.digizenstudio.com>
Quoting Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>:
> Sure, browsing is the easy part, but Version Control starts when things
> become writable.

But how is that supposed to work? What happens when you make some changes to a file and save it? Do you want the "git file system" to commit it right aways or wait until you to issue a "commit" command? The first behavior would obviously be wrong, and the second would make the "file system" not operationally transparent anyways. Right?

By the way, the only SCM I have worked with that tries to mount its repository (or a view on top of it) as a file system is ClearCase with its dynamic views. And, between the buggy file system implementation, the intrusion on workflow, and the lack of scalability, at least in the organization I worked for, it turned out to be a horrible, horrible, horrible idea.

Cheers.
-- 
Jing Xue
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  2. Linus TorvaldsNov 29, 2007
  3. Al BoldiDec 1, 2007
  4. Phillip SusiDec 4, 2007
  5. Al BoldiDec 7, 2007
  6. Andreas EricssonDec 6, 2007
  7. Al BoldiDec 7, 2007
  8. Johannes SchindelinDec 6, 2007
  9. Al BoldiDec 7, 2007
  10. Andreas EricssonDec 7, 2007
  11. Al BoldiDec 7, 2007
  12. Jakub NarebskiDec 7, 2007
  13. Al BoldiDec 7, 2007
  14. valdis.kletnieks@vt.eduDec 7, 2007
  15. Luke LuDec 7, 2007
  16. Al BoldiDec 8, 2007
  17. valdis.kletnieks@vt.eduDec 8, 2007
  18. Al BoldiDec 8, 2007
  19. Johannes SchindelinDec 8, 2007
  20. Andreas EricssonDec 7, 2007
  21. david@lang.hmDec 7, 2007
  22. Björn SteinbrinkDec 7, 2007
  23. inotify-commit, was Re: git guidanceJohannes Schindelin, Aug 28, 2009
  24. Phillip SusiDec 6, 2007
  25. Martin LanghoffDec 8, 2007

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