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 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 create

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 sy

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 at