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Re: Using GIT to store /etc (Or: How to make GIT store all file permission bits)

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Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se>
Date
Dec 11, 2006, 10:50 UTC
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On 12/10/06, Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> wrote:
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> I've recently become somewhat interested in the idea of using GIT to
> store the contents of various folders in /etc.  However after a bit
> of playing with this, I discovered that GIT doesn't actually preserve
> all permission bits since that would cause problems with the more
> traditional software development model.  I'm curious if anyone has
> done this before; and if so, how they went about handling the
> permissions and ownership issues.

I keep the files I want to track in a separate folder that I track with Git and use a Makefile for updating /etc. I basically have a rule for checking for differences between the tracked folder and /etc and a rule for installing changed files (with the correct permissions). It works, but it does require some "Makefile magic" to work right (or the way /I/ want it anyway).

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Message 20 of 34 in “Using GIT to store /etc (Or: How to make GIT store all file permission bits)”
  1. Kyle MoffettDec 10, 2006
  2. Jeff GarzikDec 10, 2006
  3. Jakub NarebskiDec 10, 2006
  4. Kyle MoffettDec 10, 2006
  5. Jakub NarebskiDec 10, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiDec 10, 2006
  7. Kyle MoffettDec 10, 2006
  8. Andreas EricssonDec 11, 2006
  9. Jeff GarzikDec 11, 2006
  10. Josef WeidendorferDec 11, 2006
  11. Johannes SchindelinDec 11, 2006
  12. Josef WeidendorferDec 11, 2006
  13. Santi BéjarDec 10, 2006
  14. Kyle MoffettDec 10, 2006
  15. Jakub NarebskiDec 10, 2006
  16. David LangJan 10, 2007
  17. Shawn O. PearceJan 10, 2007
  18. David LangJan 10, 2007
  19. Shawn O. PearceJan 12, 2007
  20. Nikolai WeibullDec 11, 2006
  21. Daniel BarkalowDec 12, 2006
  22. Kyle MoffettDec 12, 2006
  23. Andy ParkinsDec 12, 2006
  24. Using git as a general backup mechanism (was Re: Using GIT to store /etc)Steven Grimm, Dec 12, 2006
  25. Johannes SchindelinDec 12, 2006
  26. Steven GrimmDec 12, 2006
  27. Johannes SchindelinDec 13, 2006
  28. Martin LanghoffDec 12, 2006
  29. Martin LanghoffDec 12, 2006
  30. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2006
  31. Steven GrimmDec 14, 2006
  32. Junio C HamanoDec 15, 2006
  33. Daniel BarkalowDec 13, 2006
  34. Chris RiddochDec 14, 2006

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