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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-02-13 11:39:03 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-02-13 11:39:03 -0400 |
| commit | 468241d74e9224d085b9942f615508470b42ddb6 (patch) | |
| tree | 5c87c808fe1595283a2ba87733c455655135c81f /doc/design/metadata.mdwn | |
| parent | 53861087d55de45ec6b24f6e452469dfa72c1644 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/design/metadata.mdwn b/doc/design/metadata.mdwn index 3e2d4bf08..4edfa6d72 100644 --- a/doc/design/metadata.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/metadata.mdwn @@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ want to see. * Could use the .map files to get a filename, but this is somewhat arbitrary (.map can contain multiple filenames), and is only currently supported in direct mode. +* Have a reference branch (eg master) and walk it to find filenames and + keys. Fine as long as it can be done efficiently. Also allows including + the subdirectory a file is in, potentially. cwebber points out that this + is essentially a form of tracking branch. Which implies it will need to + be updatable when the reference branch changes. Should be doable via + diff-tree. Note that any of these filenames can in theory conflict. May need to use `.variant-*` like sync does on conflict to allow 2 files with same name in |