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From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [long] worktree setup cases
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:00:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101022050011.GA27179@nibiru.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinS0co8TMmyRCQ4Xe9+pDR-uUn20WNQwYJEAQea@mail.gmail.com>

* Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de> wrote:
> >> Also the "relative to $GIT_DIR" may be confusing. If $GIT_DIR points
> >> to a file that points to a true repo, then to which one it is
> >> relative?
> >
> > Despite the fact that I doubt the usefulness of an .git file at
> > all, it IMHO should be interpreted as an kind of userland symlink.
> 
> I do find .git file useful. I put my worktree in a server where it can
> be wiped out completely. So I don't want to put my .git there. .git
> file can be used this case so I don't have to set
> GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE every time and my .git is safe elsewhere.

Why not using a symlink here ?


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  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-22  5:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-20  8:59 [long] worktree setup cases Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2010-10-20 19:07 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-20 19:18   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-21  1:46   ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2010-10-21  3:30     ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-21 12:50       ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2010-10-21 16:01         ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-23 10:12           ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2010-10-21 18:51         ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-10-22  0:34           ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2010-10-22  5:00             ` Enrico Weigelt [this message]
2010-10-22  5:28               ` .git file (Re: [long] worktree setup cases) Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-22  5:36               ` [long] worktree setup cases Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2010-10-20 21:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-10-21  2:23   ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2010-10-21 19:01   ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-10-21 23:06     ` Junio C Hamano

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