From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add platform-independent .git "symlink" Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:36:27 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: <8c5c35580802020959v613b9e32v321e97f93f2af761@mail.gmail.com> <1201975757-13771-1-git-send-email-hjemli@gmail.com> <8c5c35580802021047o41a7de9fi84a6b33f0f779e2e@mail.gmail.com> <7vwsplporv.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <8c5c35580802040359v1a5d8c42xfbc592245a8917c2@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Junio C Hamano , "Shawn O. Pearce" , git@vger.kernel.org To: Lars Hjemli X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Feb 04 15:37:48 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JM2S6-00006c-E4 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:37:42 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755298AbYBDOhJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:37:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754395AbYBDOhI (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:37:08 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:34984 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754645AbYBDOhG (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:37:06 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 04 Feb 2008 14:37:04 -0000 Received: from host86-138-198-40.range86-138.btcentralplus.com (EHLO racer.home) [86.138.198.40] by mail.gmx.net (mp025) with SMTP; 04 Feb 2008 15:37:04 +0100 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+/hIpTL7K/LGwdLiL2K+aw4lm2PIv9aJy2riG+MG OIXb7OmkiQCIhe X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <8c5c35580802040359v1a5d8c42xfbc592245a8917c2@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (LSU 882 2007-12-20) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Lars Hjemli wrote: > On Feb 4, 2008 1:24 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Feb 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > For now I haven't picked up any of the "how about this way" > > > revisions. > > > > Yeah, I think all my comments have been addressed... Lars, care to > > send a new version? > > Sure, but we should come to a conclusion on "GITDIR" vs. "GIT_DIR" vs. > "gitdir" vs. "directory" vs. "ref". The reason I used "GITDIR" was to > keep the door open for additional parameters in the "gitfile" (but it > should obviously have been "GIT_DIR" for that usage since its value is > used to specify $GIT_DIR). If it's more likely that we'll use this as a > general substitute for symlinks, I think "ref" is better due to the > existing symbolic refs. > > My preference would be "GIT_DIR" (or "git_dir") since we also might want > the "WORKDIR_HASH" Shawn mentioned. FWIW I like "gitdir" or "git-dir" best. Ciao, Dscho