Re: how to git a read only directory
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> On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I create a symlink in ~/gitrepo/etc to /etc and git init an empty repo
> there. However it failed in symlink when I tried to add files. Could
> you give more detail how to do it? Meanwhile I use worktree method as
> suggested by Michael.
>
What? I don't know this is what I did:
[~] $ mkdir gitrepo; cd gitrepo
[gitrepo] $ git-init
[gitrepo] $ ln -s /etc
[gitrepo] $ git-add /etc/fstab
[gitrepo] $ git-commit -s
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[gitrepo] $ git-show
commit fd6a4a72bf91526b56528f4036c525f6d6fd3dc0
Author: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
Date: Wed Jan 21 18:36:58 2009 +0200
{REMOVEME} etc/fstab test Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
diff --git a/etc/fstab b/etc/fstab
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e3f8d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/fstab
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+LABEL=/fc7 / ext3 noatime 1 1
+LABEL=/usr0 /usr0 ext3 noatime 1 2
+LABEL=/boot /boot ext2 noatime 1 2
+LABEL=/fc10 /alt ext3 defaults 1 2
+tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
+devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
+sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
+proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
+LABEL=SWAP-sda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
+panstor:/main /mnt/panstor nfs soft,intr,rsize=65536,wsize=65536 0 0
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So in short I did nothing. I have git 1.6.0.1
Boaz
Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>