From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Vít Novotný" <witiko@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: `.git` symlink makes `git submodule add` fail
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:19:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq60xtvlj9.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqio1tvlzu.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:09:41 -0800")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> Vít Novotný <witiko@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Is this a bug, or is the ability to symlink `.git` just a happy coincidence?
>
> It has never been supported.
Oops, hit "send" too early.
We have support for a "gitdir:" facility that would work even on a
filesystem that cannot do symlinks (see gitrepository-layout(5)),
and both the higher-level submodule Porcelain and the more recent
"worktree" experimental code do use it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-12 18:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-12 16:48 `.git` symlink makes `git submodule add` fail Vít Novotný
2016-02-12 18:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-02-12 18:19 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-02-12 18:27 ` Jeff King
2016-02-13 4:20 ` Vít Novotný
2016-02-13 18:52 ` Jeff King
2016-02-12 18:36 ` Vít Novotný
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