Subject: Re: Features from GitSurvey 2010

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 12:42:13 -0600

Matthieu Moy wrote:

>>> support for tracking empty directories
[...]
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/56310/focus=56348

Thanks!  I followed up a bit on this lead in the "tracking empty
directories" thread.

>>> advisory locking / "this file is being edited"
[...]
> That needs to be integrated with Git, but it should probably still
> remain out of the Git core, because different users would want
> different locking databases. Hooks and git-* commands in the $PATH are
> probably sufficient.

Yes, a nice side effect could be the addition of a couple of hooks.

An rcs-style workflow (lockable files absent from worktree until
locked) on top of git sounds fun.