Subject: Re: confused about preserved permissions

From: Mike Hommey <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:10:42 +0200

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:07:19PM +0200, Alex Riesen <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Mike Hommey, Mon, Aug 20, 2007 21:50:37 +0200:
> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 09:43:28PM +0200, Jan Hudec <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > > Git does not have tracking of file's history either.
> > 
> > Well, it has ways to track file's history, with blame and log, for
> > example. There is nothing similar for directories, though it could be
> > possible to do.
> 
> It would be not exactly "tracking". You can present the history of
> changes which involved the said directory.
> 
> And you could do it from day one: git log -- sub/dir

It could be possible to really do tracking, too, like it is possible for
files (including renames, moves, etc.)

Mike