From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fout-b8-smtp.messagingengine.com (fout-b8-smtp.messagingengine.com [202.12.124.151]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB81528689 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2024 19:48:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=202.12.124.151 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1732650485; cv=none; b=rhItSIL790mks0jcocnCrNl0kw1CBtE5IlKisupXCpUgZ2g1xMTcTgvGlGH0JhQU3gMaRTzMkC+9jXCZksWBi79F3CYUp1hEfdX+gVUtzBYTTBQVHWVOBLA1xmonnv+aI8MpkfbqYtezMuH3nSnzQpEZ+TjlSR99eHbD4b1zi7w= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1732650485; c=relaxed/simple; bh=g3D22M9pvanzFAYhKjr4xxZKt+pBXh6n7Xf0MCrOH7Q=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=qUMaVuBsHd1hyWVPaFKFLUQuzWDGf5IYKTX6P2e3udvTBwXJj7+dAJpGkUxDHGQlvW1ajd2sXi/8a34sMGK6zh/m3zx0yOHd0TNU0ytBLicpeZsArnU4S3Jn2ERZLPwVlN8qAl738tbWdPcE1xl5y9kJoza+T/s0vNqiT+nnoi0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b=iVwSIZvO; arc=none smtp.client-ip=202.12.124.151 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="iVwSIZvO" Received: from phl-compute-11.internal (phl-compute-11.phl.internal [10.202.2.51]) by mailfout.stl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id E044D11401C6; Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:48:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from phl-frontend-01 ([10.202.2.160]) by phl-compute-11.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:48:02 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-type:content-type:date:date :feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:subject:subject:to :to:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; t= 1732650481; x=1732736881; bh=t4QAqMdwJor3ALSp7M5aLA4Tiqp47wAdJ2J pZ1Bz9v4=; b=iVwSIZvO07i1bXJToW41z1e7FCMVha/2msMl61wU2cCPOHGD9qt EiZeJa4DbEPxF1XpuT360RNre4A7fr+KTTDO4fH9E0SrpvR5YbLn4cClD+nTQPK6 ETybVUdVbJeZxZY2lM3wtVE4aIc3RncQYyYoc1whDpjmNKBVvoHNAyFW1S57PdTY YVkOdrGbglIzM0hdHHuRlIgPvkYzBCcz2DHFbWEumyD9ioZAp5ylEBk4OA3O+RBQ ilCobfD6YvPHLNRFcLOiEOlSAVQQG4epZtevJDX9qBZJryII+drIm6rMswP9x0Mp +ShlWZad1e4Bdks2YsTUeeOP7uGU5dXqlYg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeefuddrgeejgdduvdehucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdggtfgfnhhsuhgsshgtrhhisggvpdfu rfetoffkrfgpnffqhgenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnh htshculddquddttddmnecujfgurhephffvvefujghffffkfgggtgesthdtredttdertden ucfhrhhomheplfhunhhiohcuvecujfgrmhgrnhhouceoghhithhsthgvrhesphhosghogi drtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepfeevteetjeehueegffelvdetieevffeufeej leeuffetiefggfeftdfhfeeigeeinecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrg hmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepghhithhsthgvrhesphhosghogidrtghomhdpnhgspghrtghp thhtohepfedpmhhouggvpehsmhhtphhouhhtpdhrtghpthhtohepphgssegurghsqdifvg hrkhhsthgrthhtrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepghhithesvhhgvghrrdhkvghrnhgvlhdr ohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopehgihhtshhtvghrsehpohgsohigrdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: if26b431b:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:48:01 -0500 (EST) From: Junio C Hamano To: "Peter B." Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: git support for "xattrs" (extended filesystem attributes)? In-Reply-To: <5b4c09a9-64bb-e672-e604-120563fc1ad6@das-werkstatt.com> (Peter B.'s message of "Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:40:32 +0100") References: <5b4c09a9-64bb-e672-e604-120563fc1ad6@das-werkstatt.com> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:47:59 +0900 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain "Peter B." writes: > I'm evaluating and testing extended attributes (xattrs) for > professional archival collection use. > I couldn't find any proper documentation/information on how (well) git > supports including xattrs in version control. Git tracks contents, pathnames where these contents are stored, and the executable bit. Nothing else. Not even the owner/group of each contents, or time of creation or the last modification. I do not think Git is even aware of xattr at all.