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Re: I'm missing isofs.h

From
David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>
Date
Apr 28, 2005, 23:39 UTC
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<42717418.6050409@dwheeler.com>
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<20050428075244.GE8612@pasky.ji.cz>
Petr Baudis wrote:
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> There's no reason not to get the timestamps too if you can; just put
> them after the attributes. They aren't in the diff now either.
> 
> I need the mode bits to set the mode right, surprisingly. :-) Yes, in
> part it is a leftover from the old times when we didn't just track the
> execute bit; I don't know if it is worth changing this.

Actually, I like having the full mode bits in there. "git" actually can be useful as a more general capability for keeping careful track of an entire tree that's NOT just source code (e.g., your entire home directory tree, so you can replicate it across machines in its current state).

I can easily imagine an option flag that stores "modes as they really are", and another that says "use the modes as they are stored". Add some support for symlinks, and you could do quite a bit. Timestamps would be ducky, too, for the same reason.

--- David A. Wheeler
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Message 15 of 23 in “I'm missing isofs.h”
  1. Andrew MortonApr 27, 2005
  2. Jan HarkesApr 27, 2005
  3. Petr BaudisApr 27, 2005
  4. Jan HarkesApr 27, 2005
  5. Jan HarkesApr 27, 2005
  6. Steven ColeApr 27, 2005
  7. Steven ColeApr 27, 2005
  8. Petr BaudisApr 27, 2005
  9. Linus TorvaldsApr 28, 2005
  10. Petr BaudisApr 28, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2005
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2005
  13. Make diff-cache and friends output more cg-patch friendly.Junio C Hamano, Apr 28, 2005
  14. Petr BaudisApr 28, 2005
  15. David A. WheelerApr 28, 2005
  16. Linus TorvaldsApr 28, 2005
  17. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2005
  18. Linus TorvaldsApr 28, 2005
  19. Cogito nit: cg-update should default to "origin".David A. Wheeler, Apr 28, 2005
  20. Petr BaudisApr 28, 2005
  21. Dan HolmsandApr 28, 2005
  22. David A. WheelerApr 28, 2005
  23. Dan HolmsandApr 28, 2005

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