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Re: A generalization of git notes from blobs to trees - git metadata?

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Steven E. Harris <seh@panix.com>
Date
Feb 8, 2010, 02:03 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> It's like "keeping track of /etc" (or "your home directory").  It is a
> misguided thing to do because you are throwing in records of the
> states of totally unrelated things into a single history.

I've recently tried doing this again with Git, so this comment piqued my interest. (That is, tracking changes to my various configuration files.) I agree that browsing the history in toto is jarring, though the history of a particular file may be telling.

Is there an alternative you'd recommend?
-- 
Steven E. Harris
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  1. Jon SeymourFeb 6, 2010
  2. Johan HerlandFeb 7, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2010
  4. Jeff KingFeb 7, 2010
  5. Jon SeymourFeb 7, 2010
  6. Jakub NarebskiFeb 7, 2010
  7. Jon SeymourFeb 7, 2010
  8. Jon SeymourFeb 7, 2010
  9. Jeff KingFeb 7, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2010
  11. Steven E. HarrisFeb 8, 2010
  12. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2010
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2010
  14. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2010
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2010
  16. Jeff KingFeb 7, 2010
  17. Johan HerlandFeb 7, 2010
  18. Jon SeymourFeb 7, 2010
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