From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:42:00 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Add 'filter' attribute and external filter driver definition.
Message-ID: <7v4pn8paqf.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0704220202550.5946@qynat.qvtvafvgr.pbz>

David Lang <david.lang@digitalinsight.com> writes:

>> The conversion is not about overriding the mode bits recorded in
>> tree objects, nor making git as a replacement for build procedure.
>
> what build procedures?
>
> I'm talking about doing things like managing files in /etc

That's exactly what "build procedure" is about.  Nobody sane
should be managing /etc files *directly* under any SCM.  A saner
practice is to have a separate source area with Makefile to
regenerate /etc files, so that (1) "make" manages the target
host specific customizations, (2) "make diff" can be used to
compare and sanity check the result of "make" against what is
currently installed under /etc, and (3) "make install" manages
the permission bits.  The same applies to dotfiles under $HOME/.