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Re: Tracking file metadata in git -- fix metastore or enhance git?

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Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 8, 2011, 00:29 UTC
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On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 21:27, Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> wrote:
> but seeing that people seem to want to use
> git for keeping their /etc (I use RCS, myself, but volunteered my
> C skill to change metastore if it needs be) there is definitively
> a market for having it there, in a standardised manner.
etckeeper does exist and it's very useful.
Richard
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  2. Thorsten GlaserApr 7, 2011
  3. Richard HartmannApr 8, 2011
  4. Michael J GruberApr 8, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederApr 8, 2011
  6. Thorsten GlaserApr 8, 2011
  7. Jonathan NiederApr 8, 2011
  8. Thorsten GlaserApr 8, 2011
  9. Richard HartmannApr 8, 2011
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  13. Junio C HamanoApr 10, 2011
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  18. johnnyutahhDec 14, 2011
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