From d21de8277df8f407f99f351c2a8d77b8a00797cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Przemyslaw Pawelczyk Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 14:39:03 +0100 Subject: README: Stress that it was written for git users only originally. --- README | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 24d6c13..f861dd7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ metastore is a tool to store the metadata of files/directories/links in a file tree to a separate file and to later compare and apply the stored metadata to said file tree. -It was written as a supplement to git which does not store all metadata, -making it unsuitable for e.g. storing /etc in a repository. +It was originally written as a supplement to git, which does not store +all metadata, making it unsuitable for e.g. storing /etc in a +repository. metastore can also be helpful if you want to create a tarball of a file tree and make sure that "everything" (e.g. xattrs, mtime, owner, group) -- cgit v1.2.1