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From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [long] worktree setup cases
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:34:36 +0700
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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.
-- 
Duy