From: Petko Manolov <petkan@nucleusys.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:58:14 GMT
Subject: Re: git and binary files
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0801161549140.5260@bender.nucleusys.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0801161341430.17650@racer.site>

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> I think that you're missing the point of version control.  It's not only 
> about having an up-to-date source tree, but also about being able to go 
> back to a certain revision.

No contradiction here.  In my case old source code will work perfectly 
with new binaries/firmware.  That's why i don't _need_ the history, only 
the latest stuff in order to save space.

I do realize that what i am talking about is statistically microscopic 
scenario, but it does exist.  If there's no such feature then i don't have 
much choice, but stick with my current way of doing things.

> What you want is most likely covered by "rsync -au".

Yeah, just like in the old days when "git pull" didn't do everything for 
you.


thanks,
Petko