From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:30:04 GMT
Subject: Re: Why /var/cache/git?
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In-Reply-To: <20101026152218.3931.qmail@d862ae2b10e11a.315fe32.mid.smarden.org>

Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> writes:

> Hi, it's also not my preference, but Debian adheres to the FHS.
> Unfortunately /var/git is not allowed by the FHS, so a different
> location must be chosen for Debian.

It seems that /var/lib/ seems to be more appropriate place to store
persistent database-y stuff. I see e.g. /var/lib/postgresql there.