also sprach Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> [2007.09.15.1727 +0200]:
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> > I think it doesn't get bloated until you try to support the model of
> > tracking different stuff for different files in the same repo. If
> > you just track one set of data across all files in the repo, I don't
> > think it'll cause too much bloat.
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>   Yeah but if the stuff is opaque to git, you'll definitely end up with
> security issues, which makes it also a no-go for /etc versionning.

With "opaque to git" do you mean "implemented outside git"?

I'd say if done properly inside git, the security issues could be
prevented.

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