From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Martin Waitz Subject: Re: Subprojects tasks Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:45:46 +0100 Message-ID: <20061217114546.GG12411@admingilde.org> References: <7vzm9nelob.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20061216230108.GE12411@admingilde.org> <200612170015.24162.jnareb@gmail.com> <200612170101.09615.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6v9BRtpmy+umdQlo" NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:46:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Jakub Narebski , git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200612170101.09615.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> X-PGP-Fingerprint: B21B 5755 9684 5489 7577 001A 8FF1 1AC5 DFE8 0FB2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GvuTC-0002c4-Sy for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:46:19 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752478AbWLQLps (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:45:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752480AbWLQLps (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:45:48 -0500 Received: from mail.admingilde.org ([213.95.32.147]:39264 "EHLO mail.admingilde.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752478AbWLQLpr (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:45:47 -0500 Received: from martin by mail.admingilde.org with local (Exim 4.50 #1) id 1GvuSg-0003Hd-FN; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:45:46 +0100 To: Josef Weidendorfer Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org --6v9BRtpmy+umdQlo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hoi :) On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 01:01:09AM +0100, Josef Weidendorfer wrote: > IMHO it simply is added flexibility to allow a checkout to be separate fr= om > the .git/ directory, same as explicitly setting $GIT_DIR would do. > So this .gitlink file is on the one hand one kind of convenience for users > which want to keep their repository separate, yet do not want to specify > $GIT_DIR all the time in front of git commands. > The .gitlink file simply makes the linkage to the separate repository > persistent. I can see the reason for wanting to use another object database, but HEAD and index should always be stored together with the checked out directory. So perhaps we just need some smart way to search for the object database, but keep the .git directory. --=20 Martin Waitz --6v9BRtpmy+umdQlo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFhS3qj/Eaxd/oD7IRAkDRAJ0TnZIIzLL6nhKiBeDelH/Ge0dISwCeJyD/ 1Qsmyv8qbg+NuIRf8nGjCbk= =xc1c -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----