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diff --git a/misc/git-store-meta/README b/misc/git-store-meta/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..93b5e48700 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/git-store-meta/README @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +git-store-meta is a light-weight tool for file metadata storing and +applying for Git. + +Features: + +- Light dependency, cross-platform consistent behavior, + desirable performance. +- Data files are in plain text format and can be easily revisioned, + diffed, or manually modified as needed. +- Supported metadata: mtime, atime, mode, user, uid, group, gid, acl. +- Can store the metadata of git-revisioned files into a data file. +- Can apply the metadata stored in the data file to the working copy. +- Can update the metadata for changed files quickly. +- Can easily pick which metadata fields to store, update, or apply. +- Can determine whether to store, update, or apply directory metadata. + +Note: + + The binary is installed under the name "git-store-meta". Use it + instead of "git-store-meta.pl" when reading online docs or in Git + hooks. The `--install` switch already knows to use "git-store-meta" + and will create correct hooks without any further action required. |