From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add platform-independent .git "symlink" Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:57:54 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: <8c5c35580802020959v613b9e32v321e97f93f2af761@mail.gmail.com> <1201975757-13771-1-git-send-email-hjemli@gmail.com> <47A78104.9050909@nrlssc.navy.mil> <47A78CF9.6040001@nrlssc.navy.mil> <47A79541.6070900@nrlssc.navy.mil> <47A7CD29.40306@nrlssc.navy.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Lars Hjemli , Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: Brandon Casey X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Feb 05 13:59:12 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 1JMNOJ-0007ec-C7 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:59:11 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751035AbYBEM6h (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Feb 2008 07:58:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751017AbYBEM6h (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Feb 2008 07:58:37 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:36575 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750989AbYBEM6h (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Feb 2008 07:58:37 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 05 Feb 2008 12:58:34 -0000 Received: from host86-138-198-40.range86-138.btcentralplus.com (EHLO racer.home) [86.138.198.40] by mail.gmx.net (mp026) with SMTP; 05 Feb 2008 13:58:34 +0100 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19FZn1YIddFmiFaxCUy9HwlcUvkE5uW+0T/3KbNh0 kH0Ok1Qu7/KTWt X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <47A7CD29.40306@nrlssc.navy.mil> 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, Brandon Casey wrote: > Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Brandon Casey wrote: > > > >> If your statement above is rephrased to "I _want_ the original > >> repository to know that it has conjoined siblings.", then we have a > >> new repository type: > >> > >> 4) conjoined repository (it has multiple sibling repositories each > >> with their own working directory, but they all share and modify the > >> same .git directory) > > > > No. The repository does not even need a working directory (in which case > > we call it "bare"). > > The additional term "bare" that is used with such a repository without a > working directory implies to me that this is a "special" or "uncommon" > repository configuration. By the same reasoning, a "good day" would be a "special" or "uncommon" day. > So I hope you excuse me for referring to the result of git-clone as a > repository. I'll try to think of something else to call it (above I used > repo/workdir). But that's what I am saying: a git-clone clones a repository. If you happen to clone without the "--bare" option, it will additionally create a working directory. Hth, Dscho