On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Eric <e...@deptj.eu> wrote: > On Fri, December 2, 2011 7:26 pm, Stephan Beal wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Eric <e...@deptj.eu> wrote: > > > >> Why on earth would you want to? > >> > >> I know others have offered suggestions and explanations for how to do > >> it, > >> but I would never have a "dotfile" (or a symlink for that matter) in a > >> repository, so I'm really asking about the use-case. > >> > >> > > Think ".gitignore" and friends. Some tools support files like that for > > holding various metadata (some non-git tools support .gitignore). > > > > http://gitready.com/beginner/2009/01/19/ignoring-files.html > > > > Oh, I know about those. But they are one of > > 1) needed at build or install time, in which case the build and install > scripts create them > > 2) part of my common development environment, in which case they are not > part of what I am developing and do not belong in its repository >
Do I detect a hint of judgment in your post Eric? Items 1. and 2. are true in your world perhaps but certainly often not in mine. I lost an hour of my time because fossil silently ignored dot files that are a required critical part of a process that I moved from an ancient SCM into fossil. Personally I prefer my tools to let me know if i say "add" and they choose not to do so however the --dotfiles switch suffices. There are a few interesting arenas where "source" is not C, nor any other language you are likely to deal with as a "normal" programmer and yet these arenas can make good use of a tool like fossil and some even pay pretty dang good and maybe even deserve a bit of respect :) > Eric > > -- > ms fnd in a lbry > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users >
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