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Re: Maintaining historical data in a git repo

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Yuval Adam <yuv.adm@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 30, 2012, 20:39 UTC
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> That's not really "is it complicated with git" question, I would have to
> say.  Any version control system you would build history starting from one
> point going _forward_, never inserting past event as you dig back.

That is true. It is very clear to us that an SCM is optimized for the prevalent use case, which is tracking code (well, mostly code) as it is written. Naturally this always starts at some point in time and progresses into the future.

However, we perceive git as a very powerful tool, that can fit beautifully with the way legislation works today. The challenge for us - should we choose to accept it ;) - is to build a set of wrapper tools that allow us to use git in such a way, while enabling us to build up past history.

Yes, this is not the usual use case, but we're highly motivated on making this work. We believe this could also be an interesting experience for the git community in seeing how the git plumbing can be used for other cases, even if they veer off on some weird tangent.

We'll definitely be back with more questions and updates, as we progress. Thanks, everyone, for your responses and feedback!

-- Yuval Adam http://y3xz.com

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  2. Seth RobertsonMar 30, 2012
  3. Yuval AdamMar 30, 2012
  4. Seth RobertsonMar 30, 2012
  5. Jakub NarebskiMar 30, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2012
  7. Yuval AdamMar 30, 2012
  8. david@lang.hmMar 30, 2012
  9. Mark LodatoMar 31, 2012
  10. Holding, LawrenceApr 1, 2012
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 2, 2012
  12. Markus ElfringApr 3, 2012
  13. Andreas StrickerApr 3, 2012

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