Re: metastore (was: Track /etc directory using Git)

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sep 15, 2007, 22:14 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709152310380.28586@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709151430040.5298@iabervon.org>

Hi,

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Daniel Barkalow wrote:

> Git doesn't have any way to represent owners or groups, and they would 
> need to be represented carefully in order to make sense across multiple 
> computers.

[speaking mostly to the proponents of git-as-a-backup-tool]

While at it, you should invent a fallback what to do when the owner is not present on the system you check out on. And a fallback when checking out on a filesystem that does not support owners.

And a fallback when a non-root user uses it.

Oh, and while you're at it (you said that it would be nice not to restrict git in any way: "it is a content tracker") support the Windows style "Group-or-User-or-something:[FRW]" ACLs.

Looking forward to your patches, Dscho