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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: `.git` symlink makes `git submodule add` fail
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> V=C3=ADt Novotn=C3=BD <witiko@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Is this a bug, or is the ability to symlink `.git` just a happy coin=
cidence?
>
> It has never been supported.

Oops, hit "send" too early.

We have support for a "gitdir:" facility that would work even on a
filesystem that cannot do symlinks (see gitrepository-layout(5)),
and both the higher-level submodule Porcelain and the more recent
"worktree" experimental code do use it.