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From: "Bert Wesarg" <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: I don't want the .git directory next to my code.
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:21:45 +0100
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On Jan 16, 2008 5:13 AM, Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Mike wrote:
>
> > How do I make the repository dir live somewhere else, the hell away from my
> > code? Thanks
>
> export GIT_DIR=/somewhere-else.git
>
> Note that this only really works if you've only got one repository;
> there's no good way to have the repository information outside of the
> working directory and still have which repository you're using depend on
> which directory you're working in.
This project may solve this problem:

http://swapoff.org/OnDir

Bert

>
>         -Daniel