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Re: [RFC] Plumbing-only support for storing object metadata

From
Stephen R. van den Berg <srb@cuci.nl>
Date
Aug 11, 2008, 10:11 UTC
Message-ID
<20080811101132.GB31686@cuci.nl>
In-Reply-To
<alpine.DEB.1.10.0808101550570.32620@asgard.lang.hm>
david@lang.hm wrote:
>On Sun, 10 Aug 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>* Define a specific leading path, say ".attrs" the hierarchy to store the
>>  attributes information.  Attributes to a file README and t/Makefile
>1. tieing the attributes to the file more directly will make it much 
>easier to deal with them along with the file in the non-rich checkout 
>(it's much easier to say README* then README .attr/README*)

I have to agree that from a practical standpoint for the user, having the file and the attribute tree right next to each other in the tree is a lot easier to manage.

So even though setting up a shadow attribute tree is cleaner because it doesn't need some kind of magic extension, it tends to clutter the management in the flat-file checkout case.

-- 
Sincerely,
           Stephen R. van den Berg.

"Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!"
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Message 12 of 22 in “[RFC] Plumbing-only support for storing object metadata”
  1. Jamey SharpAug 9, 2008
  2. Scott ChaconAug 9, 2008
  3. Shawn O. PearceAug 10, 2008
  4. Stephen R. van den BergAug 10, 2008
  5. david@lang.hmAug 10, 2008
  6. Jan HudecAug 10, 2008
  7. Stephen R. van den BergAug 10, 2008
  8. Jan HudecAug 10, 2008
  9. Stephen R. van den BergAug 10, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 10, 2008
  11. david@lang.hmAug 10, 2008
  12. Stephen R. van den BergAug 11, 2008
  13. Josh TriplettAug 16, 2008
  14. david@lang.hmAug 16, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2008
  16. Jan HudecAug 16, 2008
  17. Shawn O. PearceAug 18, 2008
  18. Derek FawcusAug 18, 2008
  19. Shawn O. PearceAug 18, 2008
  20. Marcus GriepAug 18, 2008
  21. Shawn O. PearceAug 18, 2008
  22. Jan HudecAug 10, 2008

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