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Re: Subprojects tasks

From
Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
Date
Dec 17, 2006, 11:45 UTC
Message-ID
<20061217114546.GG12411@admingilde.org>
In-Reply-To
<200612170101.09615.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
hoi :)
On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 01:01:09AM +0100, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:
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> IMHO it simply is added flexibility to allow a checkout to be separate from
> the .git/ directory, same as explicitly setting $GIT_DIR would do.
> So this .gitlink file is on the one hand one kind of convenience for users
> which want to keep their repository separate, yet do not want to specify
> $GIT_DIR all the time in front of git commands.
> The .gitlink file simply makes the linkage to the separate repository
> persistent.

I can see the reason for wanting to use another object database, but HEAD and index should always be stored together with the checked out directory. So perhaps we just need some smart way to search for the object database, but keep the .git directory.

-- 
Martin Waitz
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Message 6 of 24 in “Subprojects tasks”
  1. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiDec 16, 2006
  3. Martin WaitzDec 16, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiDec 16, 2006
  5. Josef WeidendorferDec 17, 2006
  6. Martin WaitzDec 17, 2006
  7. Jakub NarebskiDec 17, 2006
  8. Martin WaitzDec 17, 2006
  9. Jakub NarebskiDec 17, 2006
  10. Martin WaitzDec 17, 2006
  11. Josef WeidendorferDec 17, 2006
  12. Martin WaitzDec 18, 2006
  13. Josef WeidendorferDec 17, 2006
  14. Martin WaitzDec 18, 2006
  15. Josef WeidendorferDec 18, 2006
  16. Josef WeidendorferDec 17, 2006
  17. Sven VerdoolaegeDec 16, 2006
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2006
  19. Martin WaitzDec 16, 2006
  20. Sven VerdoolaegeDec 16, 2006
  21. Josef WeidendorferDec 17, 2006
  22. Alan ChandlerDec 17, 2006
  23. Jakub NarebskiDec 17, 2006
  24. Martin WaitzDec 17, 2006

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