From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: "Vít Novotný" <witiko@gmail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: `.git` symlink makes `git submodule add` fail
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:27:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160212182733.GA19973@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq60xtvlj9.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:19:38AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >> 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.
And the way to convince git to make the link for you is with clone's
"--separate-git-dir" option.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-12 18:27 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
2016-02-12 18:27 ` Jeff King [this message]
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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