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

From
JHJean-Luc Herren <jlh@gmx.ch>
Date
Oct 23, 2008, 23:23 UTC
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<gdok16$vh2$1@ger.gmane.org>
Hi!
Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> So today I decided to start hacking at a git-based but file-oriented
> content tracker, which I decided to name Zit.

This sounds great and would seem very useful to manage my ~/bin/ directory which contains a set of unrelated one-file-tools that evolve over time. I haven't played with it yet though.

> when you choose to start tracking a file with Zit [...]
> Zit will create a directory .zit.file to hold a git repository

If you have many files you want to track in a single directory (like ~/bin/), all those additional directories will quickly feel like clutter. If you track every file, it will even double the number of things you see with an "ls -a".

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.

jlh
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  1. Giuseppe BilottaOct 23, 2008
  2. Felipe Oliveira CarvalhoOct 23, 2008
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 23, 2008
  4. Giuseppe BilottaOct 23, 2008
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 23, 2008
  6. Giuseppe BilottaOct 23, 2008
  7. Johannes SixtOct 23, 2008
  8. Giuseppe BilottaOct 23, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinOct 24, 2008
  10. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  11. [RFC] Zit (v2): the git-based single file content trackerGiuseppe Bilotta, Oct 23, 2008
  12. david@lang.hmOct 24, 2008
  13. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  14. Jakub NarebskiOct 24, 2008
  15. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  16. Jakub NarebskiOct 26, 2008
  17. Giuseppe BilottaOct 26, 2008
  18. Jakub NarebskiOct 26, 2008
  19. Giuseppe BilottaOct 26, 2008
  20. Jean-Luc HerrenOct 23, 2008
  21. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  22. Jakub NarebskiOct 24, 2008
  23. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  24. Jakub NarebskiOct 24, 2008
  25. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2008
  27. david@lang.hmOct 24, 2008
  28. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  29. david@lang.hmOct 24, 2008
  30. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  31. david@lang.hmOct 24, 2008
  32. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  33. Jakub NarebskiOct 24, 2008
  34. Giuseppe BilottaOct 25, 2008
  35. Jakub NarebskiOct 25, 2008
  36. Giuseppe BilottaOct 25, 2008
  37. david@lang.hmOct 24, 2008
  38. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008

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