From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail•com>
To: Mateusz Wielgos <email@mateuszwielgos•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: Using Git as a Database
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:47:50 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jzezhe89.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B2B1EC7-6B08-4B57-A50F-702C031C2792@mateuszwielgos.com> (Mateusz Wielgos's message of "Sun, 22 Sep 2024 22:28:26 -0500")
Mateusz Wielgos <email@mateuszwielgos•com> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to use Git as a database of sorts. Let’s say I want to
> track weight of something in a file. When the value changes I can
> commit the new one. I can also figure out all previous values. That’s
> awesome.
>
> What I am having trouble with is… What if a measurement is taken but
> there’s no change? I want to commit a file that hasn’t changed.
>
> The only workaround I figured out is to toggle the executable bit.
As you are tracking weight or something like that over time, it's likely
useless without date, so just put time-stamp into the file as well:
85kg 2024-09-25 19:45:14
-- Sergey
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-09-23 3:28 Using Git as a Database Mateusz Wielgos
2024-09-23 3:48 ` [External] " 韩仰
2024-09-23 12:32 ` email
2024-09-23 18:42 ` Andreas Schwab
2024-09-23 19:09 ` rsbecker
2024-09-25 16:47 ` Sergey Organov [this message]
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