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From: Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com>
Subject: Re: I don't want the .git directory next to my code.
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:41:49 -0600
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On Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 10:36:34 (+0000) Johannes Schindelin writes:
>Hi,
>
>On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Matthieu Moy wrote:
>
>> Mike <fromlists@talkingspider.com> writes:
>> 
>> > I'm learning git and I'm really annoyed that the .git directory lives 
>> > in the same directory as my code.  I don't want it there for three 
>> > reasons:
>> 
>> The idea was discussed here, mostly under the name "gitlink".
>
>It goes by "git worktree"; has nothing to do with gitlink (which has 
>something to do with submodules).

I think you mean to say there is a variable 'worktree' variable
available via the config variable 'core.worktree' or environment
variable GIT_WORK_TREE, or command-line option --work-tree that should
do the trick (no 'git worktree' command exists as far as I can see):

% man git-config
[...]
       core.worktree
           Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be used in
           combination with repositories found automatically in a .git
           directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set). This can be overriden by the
           GIT_WORK_TREE environment variable and the --work-tree command line
           option.
[...]

% man git
[...]
       --work-tree=<path>
           Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be used in
           combination with repositories found automatically in a .git
           directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set). This can also be controlled
           by setting the GIT_WORK_TREE environment variable and the
           core.worktree configuration variable.
[...]


Bill