Package: git-core Version: 1:1.5.3.8-1 Severity: wishlist Currently, Git manipulates the working copy in non-atomic ways. For instance, when checking out a different branch, Git will unlink files in the working copy, and later use open and mmap to write them out. I'd like some way to have Git handle files in the working copy atomically, such as by writing them out to a temporary file and atomically renaming them. In particular, this would make it much safer to use Git for things like /etc or $HOME.
- Josh Triplett -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages git-core depends on: ii cpio 2.9-9 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.17.1-1+b1 Multi-protocol file transfer libra ii libdigest-sha1-perl 2.11-2 NIST SHA-1 message digest algorith ii liberror-perl 0.17-1 Perl module for error/exception ha ii libexpat1 1.95.8-4 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii perl-modules 5.8.8-12 Core Perl modules ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-11 compression library - runtime Versions of packages git-core recommends: ii curl 7.17.1-1+b1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or ii less 418-1 Pager program similar to more ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:4.7p1-2 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original ii rsync 2.6.9-6 fast remote file copy program (lik -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
