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 13:13:32 +0900 Message-ID: References: <1299156201-12149-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com> <7v8vwv927a.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: =?utf-8?B?Tmd1eeG7hW4gVGjDoWkgTmfhu41j?= Duy , git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Mar 04 05:13:44 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 1PvMOc-0005nX-Kd for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:13:42 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758523Ab1CDENg (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2011 23:13:36 -0500 Received: from relmlor4.renesas.com ([210.160.252.174]:45745 "EHLO relmlor4.renesas.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758465Ab1CDENg (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2011 23:13:36 -0500 Received: from relmlir3.idc.renesas.com ([10.200.68.153]) by relmlor4.idc.renesas.com ( SJSMS) with ESMTP id <0LHI00AI7MEMXW60@relmlor4.idc.renesas.com> for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:13:34 +0900 (JST) Received: from relmlac2.idc.renesas.com ([10.200.69.22]) by relmlir3.idc.renesas.com ( SJSMS) with ESMTP id <0LHI00H88MEMK060@relmlir3.idc.renesas.com> for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:13:34 +0900 (JST) Received: by relmlac2.idc.renesas.com (Postfix, from userid 0) id 4A50D28076; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:13:34 +0900 (JST) Received: from relmlac2.idc.renesas.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relmlac2.idc.renesas.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DED528070; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:13:34 +0900 (JST) Received: from relmlii2.idc.renesas.com [10.200.68.66] by relmlac2.idc.renesas.com with ESMTP id PAK13972; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:13:34 +0900 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.62,262,1297004400"; d="scan'208";a="14851443" Received: from unknown (HELO relay11.aps.necel.com) ([10.29.19.46]) by relmlii2.idc.renesas.com with ESMTP; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:13:34 +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 13:13:34 +0900 Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.97.66] [10.114.97.66]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:13:34 +0900 Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 658B652E1D6; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:13:33 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-reply-to: <7v8vwv927a.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: >> Instead of creating the repository at $GIT_DIR, --real-git-dir will >> tell git to put the repository there, then make $GIT_DIR a .git file >> that points to --real-git-dir. > > Just like you, I am also bad at naming things, so I cannot offhand suggest > a better name, even though I _know_ --real-git-dir sounds horrible. --separate-git-dir ? [Terms like "separate source dir" and "separate build dir" seems to be common when talking about build systems, and it seems a somewhat similar situation -- separation of usually co-located information.] -miles -- It wasn't the Exxon Valdez captain's driving that caused the Alaskan oil spill. It was yours. [Greenpeace advertisement, New York Times, 25 February 1990]