Re: device files should be handled by git

2013-06-27 Thread Fredrik Gustafsson
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 08:27:56PM -0700, Perry Wagle wrote: Hi -- I have a disk image of a small embedded device whose root file system I'd like to check-in to git as a means of distributing its GPL'd software. In that disk image are device files, which GIT studiously ignores. If

Re: device files should be handled by git

2013-06-27 Thread Johan Herland
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Fredrik Gustafsson iv...@iveqy.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 08:27:56PM -0700, Perry Wagle wrote: Is there a reason not to handle device files other than its not traditional? That's the only reason given in google or the IRC channel. In linux you can't

device files should be handled by git

2013-06-26 Thread Perry Wagle
Hi -- I have a disk image of a small embedded device whose root file system I'd like to check-in to git as a means of distributing its GPL'd software. In that disk image are device files, which GIT studiously ignores. If symlinks are handled (contents being the path that the symlink points