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Re: how to git a read only directory

From
Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
Date
Jan 21, 2009, 12:34 UTC
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<4977164B.4020706@panasas.com>
In-Reply-To
<20090121083354.GG6970@b2j>
bill lam wrote:
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> I want to use git to keep track of files inside /etc but do not want
> to do it as a super user. Is that possible to put GIT_DIR under my
> home directory and add public-read files inside /etc? Or that it could
> be done in some other ways.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
I did the really easy hack (on my /etc BTW) and it worked fine for me.

I created a master project folder under ~home, init a new git repo, then symlink /etc/ onto an etc/ in the project dir, added all etc/ files. I like the extra a/etc/fstab in the patch files better then a/fstab.

And it is a life saver, payed it's effortless in gold. Some shining new distro should come up with a git based management system and it will leave all the other distros in the dust.

Cheers Boaz

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