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Re: [RFC] Zit: the git-based single file content tracker

From
Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 23, 2008, 13:28 UTC
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On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> wrote:
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> Giuseppe Bilotta schrieb:
>> Zit will create a directory .zit.file to hold a git repository
>> tracking the single file .zit.file/file, which is just a hard link to
>> file.
>
> git breaks hard links, mind you! (Just in case you check out older
> versions and you wonder why your "real" file is not updated).
>
> But there's a recent patch by Dscho floating around that takes care of the
> hard link case.

I feared that the hardlink choice was not the best one. I would definitely prefer finding a solution that didn't depend on hardlinks: not only there would be no worry about breaking them, it'd also be more portable.

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
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Message 8 of 38 in “[RFC] Zit: the git-based single file content tracker”
  1. Giuseppe BilottaOct 23, 2008
  2. Felipe Oliveira CarvalhoOct 23, 2008
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 23, 2008
  4. Giuseppe BilottaOct 23, 2008
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 23, 2008
  6. Giuseppe BilottaOct 23, 2008
  7. Johannes SixtOct 23, 2008
  8. Giuseppe BilottaOct 23, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinOct 24, 2008
  10. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  11. [RFC] Zit (v2): the git-based single file content trackerGiuseppe Bilotta, Oct 23, 2008
  12. david@lang.hmOct 24, 2008
  13. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  14. Jakub NarebskiOct 24, 2008
  15. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  16. Jakub NarebskiOct 26, 2008
  17. Giuseppe BilottaOct 26, 2008
  18. Jakub NarebskiOct 26, 2008
  19. Giuseppe BilottaOct 26, 2008
  20. Jean-Luc HerrenOct 23, 2008
  21. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  22. Jakub NarebskiOct 24, 2008
  23. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  24. Jakub NarebskiOct 24, 2008
  25. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2008
  27. david@lang.hmOct 24, 2008
  28. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  29. david@lang.hmOct 24, 2008
  30. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
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  32. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008
  33. Jakub NarebskiOct 24, 2008
  34. Giuseppe BilottaOct 25, 2008
  35. Jakub NarebskiOct 25, 2008
  36. Giuseppe BilottaOct 25, 2008
  37. david@lang.hmOct 24, 2008
  38. Giuseppe BilottaOct 24, 2008

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