From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miles Bader Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] init, clone: support --real-git-dir for .git file Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:57:04 +0900 Message-ID: References: <1299156201-12149-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com> <7v8vwv927a.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <7v4o7j8lxg.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy , git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Mar 04 07:57:14 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PvOwp-0000A9-F3 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:57:11 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754878Ab1CDG5H (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2011 01:57:07 -0500 Received: from relmlor3.renesas.com ([210.160.252.173]:64735 "EHLO relmlor3.renesas.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751421Ab1CDG5G (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2011 01:57:06 -0500 Received: from relmlir1.idc.renesas.com ([10.200.68.151]) by relmlor3.idc.renesas.com ( SJSMS) with ESMTP id <0LHI00AWMTZ5XGE0@relmlor3.idc.renesas.com> for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:57:05 +0900 (JST) Received: from relmlac3.idc.renesas.com ([10.200.69.23]) by relmlir1.idc.renesas.com (SJSMS) with ESMTP id <0LHI000JETZ46740@relmlir1.idc.renesas.com> for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:57:05 +0900 (JST) Received: by relmlac3.idc.renesas.com (Postfix, from userid 0) id F2A5E18077; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:57:04 +0900 (JST) Received: from relmlac3.idc.renesas.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relmlac3.idc.renesas.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F114318080; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:57:04 +0900 (JST) Received: from relmlii2.idc.renesas.com [10.200.68.66] by relmlac3.idc.renesas.com with ESMTP id RAG22484; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:57:04 +0900 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.62,263,1297004400"; d="scan'208";a="14898397" Received: from unknown (HELO relay11.aps.necel.com) ([10.29.19.46]) by relmlii2.idc.renesas.com with ESMTP; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:57:04 +0900 Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46] [10.29.19.46]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:57:04 +0900 Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.97.66] [10.114.97.66]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:57:04 +0900 Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id B92A852E1D6; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:57:04 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-reply-to: <7v4o7j8lxg.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano writes: > You are only saying you want to move it, not saying why you want to move > it. > > That is not an explanation _why_ it is useful to be able to do so. Hmm, one scenario would be when you want to "manage" a work tree using a relatively-passive tool that might barf over the contents (large, weird, files...) of a .git dir. E.g., eclipse or something (well I guess eclipse might actually have direct git support these days, but you get the idea). -Miles -- Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.