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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-rebase.sh: Change .dotest directory to .git-dotest
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:28:10 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi,

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Jari Aalto wrote:

> Change git specific doings into namespace .git*. Define new variable 
> WORKDIR, which points to working directory .git-dotest.

No.

If at all, it should be in .git/rebase/, not in .git-dotest/.  Note that 
we have a different directory already for interactive rebase and rebase 
-m, .git/.dotest-merge/ (which could have been a better name, too).

But the consensus was that there might be scripts relying on the name of 
the directory, so we left it as-is, and did not even consolidate both 
versions into the same name.

So _if_ you still want to change it, you need a looooong-term switch-over 
plan.  For one, you _have_ to install a symbolic link in order not to 
break existing scripts, and remove it afterwards.

Ciao,
Dscho