From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: Re: git-add has gone lstat() mad Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:54:37 -0700 Message-ID: <86lkhdqx8y.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> References: <200703302055.13619.andyparkins@gmail.com> <7vslbmxkcv.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <200703311119.10581.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Andy Parkins X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Mar 31 16:54:58 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HXeym-0002xb-JO for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:54:56 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753132AbXCaOyi (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:54:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753137AbXCaOyi (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:54:38 -0400 Received: from blue.stonehenge.com ([209.223.236.162]:23579 "EHLO blue.stonehenge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753132AbXCaOyi (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:54:38 -0400 Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AD3CB1DE381; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:54:37 -0700 (PDT) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.14.3.8; tzolkin = 5 Lamat; haab = 1 Uayeb In-Reply-To: <200703311119.10581.andyparkins@gmail.com> (Andy Parkins's message of "Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:18:58 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>>> "Andy" == Andy Parkins writes: Andy> I've not done any extensive tests for regressions, but I've done Andy> cd $HOME Andy> git init Andy> git add .bashrc Andy> git add somedirectory/ Andy> And they work fine. So - it's works for me from me, and a big happy Andy> grin. Given that git currently doesn't maintain any metadata other than +x/-x, how are you maintaining the metadata for your homedir items? I know some schemes were discussed here in the past, but I'm curious as to what you settled on. For example, your .netrc file needs to be 600, but git won't track that. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!