Re: [RFC] Zit: the git-based single file content tracker

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 24, 2008, 11:32 UTC
Message-ID: <200810241332.32487.jnareb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <cb7bb73a0810240352u28bab2b5p907065680985270a@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "Giuseppe Bilotta" <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> writes:
>>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 1:23 AM, Jean-Luc Herren <jlh@gmx.ch> wrote:

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>>>> If you decide against a shared repository, maybe you want to
>>>> consider to not use ".zit.file/", but ".zit/file/" as the
>>>> repository?  This would reduce the clutter to a single directory,
>>>> just like with ".git".  And moving files around wouldn't be that
>>>> much complicated.
>>>
>>> Right. I'll give that a shot.
>>
>> By the way RCS which I use for version control of single files use
>> both approaches: it can store 'file,v' alongside 'file' (just like
>> your '.zit.file/' or '.file.git/'), but it can also store files on
>> per-directory basis in 'RCS/' subdirectory (proposed '.zit/file/' or
>> '.zit/file.git/' solution)
> 
> Indeed, there's not particular reason why both solutions shouldn't be
> available. [...]

> The only problem then is priority. When looking for a file's repo, do
> we look at .file.git first, or .zit/file.git? How does RCS behave in
> this case?

rcsintro(1) states:

  If you don't want to clutter your working directory with RCS files, create
  a  subdirectory called RCS in your working directory, and move all your RCS
  files there.  RCS commands will look *first* into that directory to find
  needed files.

>> By the way, it would be nice to have VC interface for Emacs for Zit...
> 
> I'm afraid someone else will have to take care of that, since Emacs is
> not really something I use.

I'll try to hack it using contrib/emacs/vc-git.el as a base...

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Jakub Narebski
Poland