From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Enrico Weigelt Subject: git repo in a single file Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:54:45 +0100 Message-ID: <20120317155445.GA18712@mailgate.onlinehome-server.info> Reply-To: weigelt@metux.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Mar 17 17:03:15 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S8w67-0005mC-3m for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:03:15 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031038Ab2CQQDL (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:03:11 -0400 Received: from caprica.metux.de ([82.165.128.25]:38528 "EHLO mailgate.caprica.metux.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755740Ab2CQQDH (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:03:07 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 317 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:03:07 EDT Received: from mailgate.caprica.metux.de (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mailgate.caprica.metux.de (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q2HFsjQX019154 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:54:45 +0100 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by mailgate.caprica.metux.de (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q2HFsjdl019153 for git@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:54:45 +0100 Mail-Followup-To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Disposition: inline X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi folks, in several discussion with people eg. on office software fronts, I've seen the value of having an git repo in one file. For example, an office document, internally consisting of several files (like ODF) could be put into an git repo instead of zip. That would give a good basis for things like versioning, etc. IMHO, zip (without compression) could even serve as container. What do you think about this idea ? cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weigelt@metux.de mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ----------------------------------------------------------------------