From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Jay Soffian" <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git-cache-meta -- simple file meta data caching and applying
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 19:22:25 -0500
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On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:13 PM,  <jidanni@jidanni.org> wrote:
> Gentlemen, I have whipped up this:
>
> #!/bin/sh -e
> #git-cache-meta -- simple file meta data caching and applying.
> #Simpler than etckeeper, metastore, setgitperms, etc.
> : ${GIT_CACHE_META_FILE=.git_cache_meta}
> case $@ in
>    --store|--stdout)
>        case $1 in --store) exec > $GIT_CACHE_META_FILE; esac
>        find $(git ls-files) \
>            \( -user ${USER?} -o -printf 'chowm %u %p\n' \) \
>            \( -group $USER -o -printf 'chgrp %g %p\n' \) \
>            \( \( -type l -o -perm 755 -o -perm 644 \) -o -printf 'chmod %#m %p\n' \);;
>    --apply) sh -e $GIT_CACHE_META_FILE;;
>    *) 1>&2 echo "Usage: $0 --store|--stdout|--apply"; exit 1;;
> esac

It doesn't handle paths which contain white-space. "chown" is typo'd
as "chowm". To be useful, the contribution might also include
instructions on how it should be used with git, and perhaps also
reasoning for why someone would want to use it in place of etckeeper,
metastore, setgitperms, etc.

j.