git-prop(1)
NAME
git-prop - Handle svn properties like attribute in git
SYNOPSIS
git prop [-h] [--data PATH] [--verbose] {init,restore,set,dump,delete} FILES
DESCRIPTION
Git (currently) cannot handle properties like svn prop does. This is useful to ensure permission to a file for example a ssh private key must be set to 0600 which git cannot handle. with git prop you can set permission to that particular file and automaticaly restore them after merge or checkout.
OPTIONS
- --data DATA
-
Set the git-meta database file (default: '.gitprop' in git top level directory).
COMMANDS
- init
-
Create hooks in git hooks directory.
- set PROPNAME PROPVALUE file [ files ]
-
Set property PROPNAME to value PROPVALUE for files.
- delete PROPNAME [ file ]
-
Delete property PROPNAME for files.
- restore [ files ]
-
Restore all properties for files or all git known files.
- dump
-
Dump all known properties for all files.
DATABASE FORMAT
The database format is quiet simple. It consists of a JSON dump of a dictionnary for which the file name is the key and the file attributes are the properties values.
Dictionnary format
The key is composed of the full filename path starting from the git repository root.
Each values are:
-
mode: the file permissions in decimal format.
Currently only mode is supported.
USING WITH GIT HOOKS
Manual use git prop is not that much handy. It can be configured to be used directly withing githooks(5), specially pre-commit for the backup and post-merge for the restore. to set up the hooks you can run:
git prop init
SEE ALSO
git(1), githooks(5).
BUGS
No time to include bugs, command actions might seldom lead astray user’s assumption.
AUTHORS
git-prop is written by Sébastien Gross <seb•ɑƬ•chezwam•ɖɵʈ•org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2014 Sébastien Gross <seb•ɑƬ•chezwam•ɖɵʈ•org>.
Relased under WTFPL (http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING).