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Re: Using trees for metatagging

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Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 18, 2010, 23:06 UTC
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:57 PM, martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net> wrote:
> I am aware of notes, but so far I stayed away from them, simply
> because it seems hackish to represent tag trees as text when dealing
> with a tool that is essentially all about trees and refs.

I think you're using the wrong definition of hacky vs. elegant. A "tree" is really just a file containing a list of objects. A "ref" is just a file that contains an object id.

So checking in a file that contains a list of object ids (or filenames) is perfectly appropriate.

Have fun,
Avery
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  6. Avery PennarunFeb 18, 2010
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  8. Avery PennarunFeb 18, 2010
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