Re: git wish page

Re: git wish page

[Jakub Narebski]

On Thursday, 26 April 2007, Yakov Lerner wrote:

> I'd like have a wish added ("support empty directories") to the
>           http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/Wishlist
> git wish page.

First of all, from the http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq

 Q. Can I add empty directories?

 A. No, git only cares about files, or rather git tracks content and
    empty directories have no content.

    Directories are added automatically when adding files inside them.
    That is, directories never have to be added to the repository, and
    are not tracked on their own.

    Though you can say "git add <dir>" and it will add files in there.

    If you really need a directory to exist in checkouts, you should
    create a file in it. .gitignore works well for this purpose; you can
    leave it empty, or fill in the names of files you expect to show up
    in the directory.

> What do I need to have it added? 
> 
> Do I just wiki-edit this page and add a wish?

That is idea of wiki, that anybody can easily edit page.

> Or I email the maintainer of the wiki site ? J.Hamano told me to
> talk to the "maintainer". I think you are maintainer, no ?

There was some talk about having TODO / Wishlist maintainer on git 
mailing list; somebody who would watch git mailing list (or read 
archives), and optionally #git IRC channel on FreeNode (or browse 
archives), add entries to it, and remove implemented (or move to 
"Granted wishes" section).  Currently there is no such person; I am
not Wishlist wiki page maintainer.

The http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/Wishlist page was created by Andy Parkins, 
with some items tongue-in-cheek.

IIRC the admin of GitWiki is Petr "Pasky" Baudis; he has admin 
privileges like ability to delete a page, or rename a page, or add 
extension to MoinMoin wiki engine.  But he doesn't do much (besides 
providing us with the GitWiki; thanks a lot, pasky), certainly
he do not maintain, nor watch, any wiki page.

I have sent from time to time "[RFC] gitweb wishlist and TODO list"
message to git mailing list, to ask for ideas to implement, and which 
ideas implement first.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland

Re: git wish page

[Andy Parkins]

On Friday 2007 April 27, Jakub Narebski wrote:

>  Q. Can I add empty directories?
>
>  A. No, git only cares about files, or rather git tracks content and
>     empty directories have no content.

I don't object to git not tracking directories, but that's not a good 
justification for why git doesn't.  git will happily track an empty file and 
that has no content.



Andy

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