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Re: metastore

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 16, 2007, 21:28 UTC
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<7vbqc25mgi.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0709161346150.24221@asgard.lang.hm>
david@lang.hm writes:
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> my initial thoughts were to have git do all it's normal work and hook
> into git at the point where it's writing the file out (where today it
> chooses between writing the data to a file on disk, pipeing to stdout,
> or pipeing to a pager) by adding the option to pipe into a different
> program that would deal with the permission stuff. this program would
> only have to write the file and set the permissions, it wouldn't have
> to know anything about git other then where to find the permissions it
> needs to know.
>
> it sounds like you are suggesting that the hook be much earlier in the
> process,...

Well, you misread me or what I said was confusing or both. I was suggesting totally opposite. Let git do all its normal work, and then call your hook to munge the work tree in any way you want.

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Message 25 of 72 in “Re: Track /etc directory using Git”
  1. Thomas Harning Jr.Sep 14, 2007
  2. Nicolas VilzSep 14, 2007
  3. metastore (was: Track /etc directory using Git)martin f krafft, Sep 15, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinSep 15, 2007
  5. David KastrupSep 15, 2007
  6. martin f krafftSep 15, 2007
  7. Grzegorz KulewskiSep 15, 2007
  8. Johannes SchindelinSep 15, 2007
  9. Randal L. SchwartzSep 15, 2007
  10. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  11. Randal L. SchwartzSep 16, 2007
  12. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  13. Francis MoreauSep 17, 2007
  14. Randal L. SchwartzSep 17, 2007
  15. Daniel BarkalowSep 15, 2007
  16. Johannes SchindelinSep 15, 2007
  17. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  18. Johannes SchindelinSep 16, 2007
  19. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2007
  21. David KastrupSep 16, 2007
  22. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  23. Daniel BarkalowSep 16, 2007
  24. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  25. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2007
  26. Daniel BarkalowSep 16, 2007
  27. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  28. Daniel BarkalowSep 16, 2007
  29. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  30. martin f krafftSep 17, 2007
  31. david@lang.hmSep 17, 2007
  32. Josh EnglandSep 17, 2007
  33. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  34. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2007
  35. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  36. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2007
  37. david@lang.hmSep 17, 2007
  38. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2007
  39. david@lang.hmSep 17, 2007
  40. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2007
  41. Daniel BarkalowSep 17, 2007
  42. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2007
  43. Jan HudecSep 16, 2007
  44. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  45. martin f krafftSep 16, 2007
  46. Jan HudecSep 16, 2007
  47. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  48. martin f krafftSep 17, 2007
  49. david@lang.hmSep 16, 2007
  50. martin f krafftSep 16, 2007
  51. David HärdemanSep 19, 2007
  52. martin f krafftOct 2, 2007
  53. David HärdemanOct 2, 2007
  54. David KastrupOct 2, 2007
  55. david@lang.hmOct 2, 2007
  56. martin f krafftOct 2, 2007
  57. david@lang.hmOct 2, 2007
  58. martin f krafftOct 2, 2007
  59. david@lang.hmOct 2, 2007
  60. martin f krafftOct 2, 2007
  61. David HärdemanOct 2, 2007
  62. martin f krafftOct 2, 2007
  63. Julian PhillipsOct 2, 2007
  64. david@lang.hmOct 3, 2007
  65. Johannes SchindelinOct 3, 2007
  66. Daniel BarkalowOct 2, 2007
  67. Pierre HabouzitSep 15, 2007
  68. martin f krafftSep 15, 2007
  69. Pierre HabouzitSep 15, 2007
  70. martin f krafftSep 15, 2007
  71. martin f krafftSep 15, 2007
  72. David KastrupSep 15, 2007

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