From: david@lang.hm
To: "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Cc: "Grzegorz Kulewski" <kangur@polcom.net>,
"martin f krafft" <madduck@madduck.net>,
git@vger.kernel.org,
"Johannes Schindelin" <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
"Thomas Harning Jr." <harningt@gmail.com>,
"Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com>,
"Nicolas Vilz" <niv@iaglans.de>,
"David Härdeman" <david@hardeman.nu>
Subject: Re: metastore
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:37:14 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709151733260.24221@asgard.lang.hm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86veaby050.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>> "Grzegorz" == Grzegorz Kulewski <kangur@polcom.net> writes:
>
> Grzegorz> Not only for tracking /etc or /home but also for example for "web
> Grzegorz> applications" (for example in PHP). In that case file and directory
> Grzegorz> permissions can be as important as the source code tracked and it is pain to
> Grzegorz> chmod (and sometimes chown) all files to different values after each
> Grzegorz> checkout. Not speaking about potential race.
>
> Uh, works just fine for me to manage my web site content. The point is
> that I treat git for what it is... a source code management system.
> And then I have a Makefile that "installs" my source code into the live
> directory, with the right modes during installation.
>
> Why does everyone keep wanting "work dir == live dir". Ugh! The work dir is
> the *source*... it gets *copied* into your live dir *somehow*. And *that* is
> where the meta information needs to be. In that "somehow".
the problem is that at checkin you need to do the reverse process. the
other tools that you use on the system work on the live dir, not the 'work
dir', so it's only a 'work dir' in that git requires it as an staging step
between the repository and the place where it's going to be used.
David Lang
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-16 0:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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[not found] ` <20070913123137.GA31735@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net>
[not found] ` <38b2ab8a0709140108v2a9c3569i93b39f351f1d4ec3@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <20070914091545.GA26432@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net>
2007-09-14 17:31 ` Track /etc directory using Git Thomas Harning Jr.
2007-09-14 21:26 ` Nicolas Vilz
2007-09-15 14:29 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-09-15 15:24 ` martin f krafft
2007-09-15 15:27 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-09-15 15:42 ` martin f krafft
2007-09-15 13:26 ` metastore (was: Track /etc directory using Git) martin f krafft
2007-09-15 14:10 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-15 14:16 ` metastore David Kastrup
2007-09-15 14:54 ` metastore (was: Track /etc directory using Git) martin f krafft
2007-09-15 16:22 ` Grzegorz Kulewski
2007-09-15 17:43 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-15 23:33 ` metastore Randal L. Schwartz
2007-09-16 0:37 ` david [this message]
2007-09-16 1:10 ` metastore Randal L. Schwartz
2007-09-16 1:49 ` metastore david
2007-09-17 13:04 ` metastore Francis Moreau
2007-09-17 15:32 ` metastore Randal L. Schwartz
2007-09-15 19:56 ` metastore (was: Track /etc directory using Git) Daniel Barkalow
2007-09-15 22:14 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-16 1:30 ` david
2007-09-16 2:48 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-16 3:00 ` david
2007-09-16 8:06 ` metastore Junio C Hamano
2007-09-16 8:30 ` metastore David Kastrup
2007-09-16 20:19 ` metastore david
2007-09-16 15:51 ` metastore Daniel Barkalow
2007-09-16 21:12 ` metastore david
2007-09-16 21:28 ` metastore Junio C Hamano
2007-09-16 21:45 ` metastore Daniel Barkalow
2007-09-16 21:53 ` metastore david
2007-09-16 22:02 ` metastore Daniel Barkalow
2007-09-16 22:37 ` metastore david
2007-09-17 13:30 ` metastore martin f krafft
2007-09-17 17:17 ` metastore david
2007-09-17 19:46 ` metastore Josh England
2007-09-16 21:45 ` metastore david
2007-09-16 22:11 ` metastore Junio C Hamano
2007-09-16 22:52 ` metastore david
2007-09-17 0:58 ` metastore Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 2:31 ` metastore david
2007-09-17 4:23 ` metastore Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 4:35 ` metastore david
2007-09-17 6:06 ` metastore Junio C Hamano
2007-09-17 17:42 ` metastore Daniel Barkalow
2007-09-17 19:19 ` metastore Junio C Hamano
2007-09-16 15:59 ` metastore (was: Track /etc directory using Git) Jan Hudec
2007-09-16 20:36 ` david
2007-09-16 6:14 ` martin f krafft
2007-09-16 15:51 ` Jan Hudec
2007-09-16 19:43 ` david
2007-09-17 13:31 ` martin f krafft
2007-09-16 1:35 ` david
2007-09-16 6:08 ` martin f krafft
2007-09-19 19:16 ` David Härdeman
2007-10-02 19:53 ` martin f krafft
2007-10-02 19:58 ` David Härdeman
2007-10-02 20:04 ` metastore David Kastrup
2007-10-02 20:18 ` metastore david
2007-10-02 20:23 ` metastore martin f krafft
2007-10-02 20:29 ` metastore david
2007-10-02 20:39 ` metastore martin f krafft
2007-10-02 20:54 ` metastore david
2007-10-02 21:42 ` metastore martin f krafft
2007-10-02 21:15 ` metastore David Härdeman
2007-10-02 21:44 ` metastore martin f krafft
2007-10-02 23:32 ` metastore Julian Phillips
2007-10-03 0:52 ` metastore david
2007-10-03 0:52 ` metastore Johannes Schindelin
2007-10-02 21:02 ` metastore (was: Track /etc directory using Git) Daniel Barkalow
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[not found] ` <38b2ab8a0709140120k50f5b474oc8a841ea0a5fda50@mail.gmail.com>
2007-09-15 16:32 ` Track /etc directory using Git martin f krafft
2007-09-15 16:57 ` David Kastrup
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