From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Matthew Hannigan Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Example Cogito Addon - cogito-bundle Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:43:48 +1100 Message-ID: <20061103034348.GB27189@evofed.localdomain> References: <9e4733910610140807p633f5660q49dd2d2111c9f5fe@mail.gmail.com> <4538EC8F.7020502@utoronto.ca> <200610201821.34712.jnareb@gmail.com> <45390168.6020502@utoronto.ca> <20061020172125.GF18019@spearce.org> <9e4733910610201115g1790b5am55105bf0c662a0da@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 03:41:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Linus Torvalds , Jakub Narebski , bazaar-ng@lists.canonical.com, git@vger.kernel.org, Shawn Pearce Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9e4733910610201115g1790b5am55105bf0c662a0da@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gfpw0-0000GR-5n for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:41:36 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753026AbWKCDla (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:41:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753027AbWKCDla (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:41:30 -0500 Received: from mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.197]:30854 "EHLO mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753024AbWKCDl3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:41:29 -0500 Received: from evofed.localdomain (c211-30-60-241.belrs1.nsw.optusnet.com.au [211.30.60.241]) by mail16.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id kA33f2SZ011108; Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:41:03 +1100 To: Jon Smirl Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 02:15:15PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > [ ... ] > You could have a file of macro substitutions that is applied/expanded > when files go in/out of git. The macros would replace the copyright > notices improving the move/rename tracking and the reducing repository > size. The macros could be recorded out of band to eliminate the need > for escaping the file contents. Even simpler, the only valid place for > the macro could be the beginning of the file. That probably belongs in the class of transformations best done outside the VCS such as the permissions and system config file idea Linus outlined earlier. Matt