git-annex/doc/todo/immutable_annexed_files.mdwn

> josh: Do you do anything in git-annex to try to make the files immutable?
> For instance, removing write permission, or even chattr?
> joey: I don't, but that's a very good idea
> josh: Oh, I just thought of another slightly crazy but handy idea.
> josh: I'd hate to run into a program which somehow followed the symlink and then did an unlink to replace the file.
> josh: To break that, you could create a new directory under annex's internal directory for each file, and make the directory have no write permission.

[[done]] and done --[[Joey]]
idea 2010-10-31 21:02:49 +00:00			`> josh: Do you do anything in git-annex to try to make the files immutable?`
			`> For instance, removing write permission, or even chattr?`
			`> joey: I don't, but that's a very good idea`
idea2 2010-10-31 21:04:28 +00:00			`> josh: Oh, I just thought of another slightly crazy but handy idea.`
			`> josh: I'd hate to run into a program which somehow followed the symlink and then did an unlink to replace the file.`
			`> josh: To break that, you could create a new directory under annex's internal directory for each file, and make the directory have no write permission.`
Annexed file contents are now made unwritable and put in unwriteable directories, to avoid them accidentially being removed or modified. (Thanks Josh Triplett for the idea.) 2010-11-08 23:26:37 +00:00
			`[[done]] and done --[[Joey]]`