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

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Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>
Date
Apr 8, 2011, 19:05 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder dixit:
>I think the most native-looking way to store metadata associated to
>paths is .gitattributes.  It also has the nice feature of allowing a
>single attribute to apply to multiple files.

Eh, no. Think of extended attributes like, say, NTFS Resource Forks. They’re just different “lines” into the “plane” a file can be, if you excuse the metapher. (All parallel, of course.) They are just another facet of each file.

bye, //mirabilos

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  1. Richard HartmannApr 7, 2011
  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
  10. Chris WebbApr 9, 2011
  11. Richard HartmannApr 9, 2011
  12. Jonathan NiederApr 10, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 10, 2011
  14. Richard HartmannApr 10, 2011
  15. Richard HartmannApr 11, 2011
  16. Richard HartmannApr 18, 2011
  17. Jonathan NiederApr 18, 2011
  18. johnnyutahhDec 14, 2011
  19. Richard HartmannDec 20, 2011

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