From: David Lang <david.lang@digitalinsight.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:39:35 GMT
Subject: Re: Using GIT to store /etc (Or: How to make GIT store all file permission bits)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0701091735490.7747@qynat.qvtvafvgr.pbz>
In-Reply-To: <8aa486160612100706y92bc722n93374e394fc58005@mail.gmail.com>

I want to have a tripwire-like system checking the files to make sure that they 
haven't changed unexpectedly. the program I'm looking at notices inode as well 
as timestamp and content changed.

when you checkout a file from git will it re-write/overwrite a file that hasn't 
changed or will it realize there is no change and leave it as-is?

does this answer change if there is a trigger on checkout (to change permissions 
or otherwise manipulate the file)?

David Lang