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Re: [PATCH] Support precise tracking of file modes

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 20, 2006, 15:27 UTC
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On 1/19/06, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
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> Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:
>
> > Taking "quick'n'dirty" to the extreme _and_ combining it with Linus'
> > attitude to testing and documentation... ;-)
>
> It is premature for us mere mortals to imitate Linus in that
> aspect by at least ten years ;-).  Please don't.
>
> About the content of the change, if we were to do this, we need
> to also record owner and group. recording full permissions
> without recording owner and group does not make much sense.
>

Maybe implement tracking of a generic file attribute would be a better idea? So that porcellans can implement permissions/ownership/EA themselves, if they really want to...

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  1. Adam HuntJan 19, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2006
  3. Adam HuntJan 19, 2006
  4. H. Peter AnvinJan 19, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2006
  6. Ryan AndersonJan 19, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2006
  8. Support precise tracking of file modesPetr Baudis, Jan 19, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2006
  10. Petr BaudisJan 19, 2006
  11. Alex RiesenJan 20, 2006
  12. Peter BaumannJan 20, 2006
  13. Ryan AndersonJan 20, 2006
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2006
  15. Joel BeckerJan 19, 2006
  16. Daniel BarkalowJan 19, 2006

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