[ANNOUNCE] Example Cogito Addon - cogito-bundle
Matthew Hannigan
mlh at zip.com.au
Fri Nov 3 03:43:48 GMT 2006
On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 02:15:15PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> [ ... ]
> You could have a file of macro substitutions that is applied/expanded
> when files go in/out of git. The macros would replace the copyright
> notices improving the move/rename tracking and the reducing repository
> size. The macros could be recorded out of band to eliminate the need
> for escaping the file contents. Even simpler, the only valid place for
> the macro could be the beginning of the file.
That probably belongs in the class of transformations
best done outside the VCS such as the permissions
and system config file idea Linus outlined earlier.
Matt
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