Re: git support for "xattrs" (extended filesystem attributes)?

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Nov 26, 2024, 22:41 UTC
Message-ID: <20241126224124.GB77402@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <5b4c09a9-64bb-e672-e604-120563fc1ad6@das-werkstatt.com>

On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 08:40:32PM +0100, Peter B. wrote:

> I'm evaluating and testing extended attributes (xattrs) for professional
> archival collection use.
> I couldn't find any proper documentation/information on how (well) git
> supports including xattrs in version control.

As Junio noted, Git does not store most metadata at all (and most other version control systems are the same).

There are some third party tools to save the information in a separate file within the history and restore it on checkout. I haven't used them myself and some of them are quite old, so YMMV:

  - https://etckeeper.branchable.com/

  - https://github.com/przemoc/metastore

-Peff