From 852ead470756744cd6663ee2d537f3d281f1e7c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 02:22:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add gitPrep to handle .gitattributes

---
 GitRepo.hs   | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 git-annex.hs |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/GitRepo.hs b/GitRepo.hs
index 2e7fff22ea..21c683bd27 100644
--- a/GitRepo.hs
+++ b/GitRepo.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import System.Path
 import Data.String.Utils
 import Utility
 
+{- Long-term state is stored in files inside the .git-annex directory
+ - in the git repository. -}
+stateLoc = ".git-annex"
+gitStateDir :: String -> String
+gitStateDir repo = repo ++ "/" ++ stateLoc ++ "/"
+
 {- Given a relative or absolute filename, calculates the name to use
  - relative to a git repository directory (which must be absolute).
  - This is the same form displayed and used by git. -}
@@ -23,9 +29,28 @@ gitRelative repo file = drop (length absrepo) absfile
 			Just f -> f
 			Nothing -> error $ file ++ " is not located inside git repository " ++ absrepo
 
+{- Sets up the current git repo for git-annex. May be called repeatedly. -}
+gitPrep :: IO ()
+gitPrep = do
+	repo <- repoTop
+	bare <- isBareRepo repo
+	-- configure git to use union merge driver on state files
+	let attributes = repo ++ "/.gitattributes"
+	let attrLine = stateLoc ++ "/* merge=union"
+	exists <- doesFileExist attributes
+	if (not bare)
+		then if (not exists)
+			then writeFile attributes $ attrLine ++ "\n"
+			else do
+				content <- readFile attributes
+				if (all (/= attrLine) (lines content))
+					then appendFile attributes $ attrLine ++ "\n"
+					else return ()
+		else return ()
 
 {- Returns the path to the current repository's .git directory.
- - (For a bare repository, that is the root of the repository.) -}
+ - (For a bare repository, that is the root of the repository.)
+ - TODO: support GIT_DIR -}
 gitDir :: IO String
 gitDir = do
 	repo <- repoTop
diff --git a/git-annex.hs b/git-annex.hs
index a57e9e2dbc..e8032a1325 100644
--- a/git-annex.hs
+++ b/git-annex.hs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  - -}
 
 import LocationLog
+import GitRepo
 
 main = do
-	l <- readLog "demo.log"
-	putStrLn "hi"
+	gitPrep