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diff --git a/doc/todo/Adding_support_for_.hgignore.mdwn b/doc/todo/Adding_support_for_.hgignore.mdwn
index 7d31a47..cb694c7 100644
--- a/doc/todo/Adding_support_for_.hgignore.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Adding_support_for_.hgignore.mdwn
@@ -71,6 +71,106 @@ Since some distros are already considered please integrate the Gentoo package ma
<http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/etckeeper/files/etckeeper-1.15-gentoo.patch>
+# There is something missing if only recording uid/gid/mode for tracked files...
+All dirnames of every file must also get the right permissions.
+
+I only did the hg source part. Using bash arrays could be better, I tried to stay sh compatible. This is a quick hack, not completely tested...
+
+[[!format bash """
+# diff -uNr /root/src/etckeeper/pre-commit.d/30store-metadata /etc/etckeeper/pre-commit.d/30store-metadata
+--- /root/src/etckeeper/pre-commit.d/30store-metadata 2015-02-20 15:36:24.912374338 +0100
++++ /etc/etckeeper/pre-commit.d/30store-metadata 2015-02-20 15:34:10.770378997 +0100
+@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@
+ sed -e "s/'/'\"'\"'/g" -e "s/^/'/" -e "s/$/'/"
+ }
+
++getdirname() {
++ # Permissions of all parent dirnames must also be recorded
++ local p
++ # Print the file itself
++ printf '%s' "$p"
++ p=${1%/*}
++ # Print the files dirnames
++ while [[ $p = */* ]]; do
++ printf ' %s' "$p"
++ p=${p%/*}
++ done
++ # Print the parent dirname
++ printf ' %s' "$p"
++}
++
+ generate_metadata() {
+ # This function generates the script commands to fix any file
+ # ownerships that aren't owner=root, group=root, as well as to
+@@ -57,9 +72,17 @@
+ # but we want find to ignore the VCS files themselves.
+ #
+ # (Note that when using this, the find expression must end with
+- # -print or -exec, else the excluded directories will actually be
+- # printed!)
+- NOVCS='. -path ./.git -prune -o -path ./.bzr -prune -o -path ./.hg -prune -o -path ./_darcs -prune -o'
++ # -print or -exec, else the excluded directories will actually be
++ # printed!)
++ if [ "$VCS" = hg ]; then
++ HG_FILES="$(hg status -nacu)"
++ HG_FILES_DIRS=""
++ for file in $HG_FILES; do
++ HG_FILES_DIRS+=" $(getdirname $file)"
++ done
++
++ fi
++ NOVCS="${ALL_FILES:-.} -path ./.git -prune -o -path ./.bzr -prune -o -path ./.hg -prune -o -path ./_darcs -prune -o"
+
+ # Keep the sort order the same at all times.
+ LC_COLLATE=C
+@@ -68,8 +91,9 @@
+ if [ "$VCS" = git ] || [ "$VCS" = hg ]; then
+ # These version control systems do not track directories,
+ # so empty directories must be stored specially.
+- find $NOVCS -type d -empty -print |
+- sort | shellquote | sed -e "s/^/mkdir -p /"
++# find ${ALL_FILES:- } $NOVCS -type d -empty -print |
++# sort | shellquote | sed -e "s/^/mkdir -p /"
++ true
+ fi
+
+ if [ "$VCS" = darcs ]; then
+@@ -83,7 +107,8 @@
+
+ # Store things that don't have the default user or group.
+ # Store all file modes, in case the user has an unusual umask.
+- find $NOVCS \( -type f -or -type d \) -print | filter_ignore | sort | perl -ne '
++ #find $NOVCS \( -type f -or -type d \) -print | filter_ignore | sort | perl -ne '
++ echo $HG_FILES_DIRS | tr " " "\n" | sort -u | perl -ne '
+ BEGIN { $q=chr(39) }
+ sub uidname {
+ my $want=shift;
+@@ -110,12 +135,12 @@
+ s/^/$q/;
+ s/$/$q/;
+ if ($uid != $>) {
+- printf "maybe chown $q%s$q %s\n", uidname($uid), $_;
++ printf "maybe chown -c $q%s$q %s\n", uidname($uid), $_;
+ }
+ if ($gid != $)) {
+- printf "maybe chgrp $q%s$q %s\n", gidname($gid), $_;
++ printf "maybe chgrp -c $q%s$q %s\n", gidname($gid), $_;
+ }
+- printf "maybe chmod %04o %s\n", $mode & 07777, $_;
++ printf "maybe chmod -c %04o %s\n", $mode & 07777, $_;
+ '
+
+ # We don't handle xattrs.
+"""]]
+
+I added an init hook for any update, so after cloning to a new location and updating, all permissions are going to be fixed:
+[hooks]
+
+[[!format python """
+# pre-commit hook for etckeeper, to store metadata and do sanity checks
+pre-commit = etckeeper pre-commit -d "$(hg root)"
+post-update = etckeeper init "$(hg root)"
+"""]]
Best regards,
Massimo
diff --git a/doc/todo/automatic_git_gc.mdwn b/doc/todo/automatic_git_gc.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1359661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/todo/automatic_git_gc.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Hi
+
+You should add so it runs "git gc" automatic.
+I know I can add it manually but better if its included