Re: git guidance

Kyle Moffett
2007-11-29T12:57:34Z

On Nov 29, 2007, at 00:27:04, Al Boldi wrote:
> Jakub Narebski wrote:
>> Besides, you can always use "git show <revision>:<file>". For
>> example gitweb (and I think other web interfaces) can show any
>> version of a file or a directory, accessing only repository.
>
> Sure, browsing is the easy part, but Version Control starts when
> things become writable.

But... git history is very inherently completely immutable once
created... that's the only way you can index everything with a simple
SHA-1. If you want to write to the "git filesystem" by adding new
commits then you need to use the appropriate commands, same as every
other VCS on the planet.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett