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From: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas•com>
To: git <git@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: how to git a read only directory
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:34:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4977164B.4020706@panasas.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090121083354.GG6970@b2j>

bill lam wrote:
> I want to use git to keep track of files inside /etc but do not want
> to do it as a super user. Is that possible to put GIT_DIR under my
> home directory and add public-read files inside /etc? Or that it could
> be done in some other ways.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
I did the really easy hack (on my /etc BTW) and it worked fine for me.

I created a master project folder under ~home, init a new git repo,
then symlink /etc/ onto an etc/ in the project dir, added all etc/
files. I like the extra a/etc/fstab in the patch files better then
a/fstab.

And it is a life saver, payed it's effortless in gold. Some shining
new distro should come up with a git based management system
and it will leave all the other distros in the dust.

Cheers
Boaz

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-01-21 12:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-21  8:33 how to git a read only directory bill lam
2009-01-21  9:57 ` Michael J Gruber
2009-01-21 15:48   ` bill lam
2009-01-21 12:34 ` Boaz Harrosh [this message]
2009-01-21 15:52   ` bill lam
2009-01-21 16:46     ` Boaz Harrosh
2009-01-22 10:00       ` bill lam
2009-01-22 10:19         ` Boaz Harrosh
2009-01-22 10:29           ` bill lam
2009-01-22 12:35             ` Boaz Harrosh

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