On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:23:18 -0800 Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Well, usually you don't keep intermediate or generated files in a > > VCS, so why the metadata? > > People who distribute overlays commonly ask if it's possible to > distribute metadata cache with the overlay. Using a format that > doesn't rely on timestamps will allow them to distribute metadata > cache using their existing infrastructure, which is typically git or > subversion. In addition to overlays, it would also be useful for > forks of the entire gentoo tree, such as the funtoo tree [1].
Are these people really all going to remember to run some command at the top level of the repository before every commit, and to git add the relevant files for everything (thus making really messy commits)? Sticking metadata cache files under version control really is a perfect example of doing it wrong... -- Ciaran McCreesh
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