Stefan Monnier wrote: ... > FWIW, I think it makes perfect sense for Git to ignore such metadata > in the context of the intended use of Git (i.e. tracking source code).
it didn't make sense to me then and still doesn't but whatever... :) > But I wish there was a concerted effort to develop/maintain "Git as > a general purpose data storage tool" where various things can be tweaked > depending on the use-case, such as storing metadata, trying to handle > terabyte sized repositories, hash-splitting large files/directories, ... > > It could be a sister project of Git. there are other attempts which are done for it and process flows for me but i'd really prefer just a simple flag or environment variable i could set which would do it instead so then i'd be able to get rid of the gyrations. but it really sux to get a directory structure set up how i'd like it and the forget that git has this effect and then come back some time later and see the mess it's made. songbird
