Re: [PATCH] pack-refs: dereference .git/packed-refs if it is a symlink

From: Peter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de>
Date: Apr 18, 2007, 17:47 UTC
Message-ID: <20070418174753.GC5913@xp.machine.xx>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0704180908360.2828@woody.linux-foundation.org>

On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 09:09:13AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> 
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Peter Baumann wrote:
> >
> > git-new-workdir creates a new working directory where everything
> > necessary, including .git/packed-refs, is symlinked to your master repo.
> > But git-pack-refs breaks the symlink, so you could accidentally loose some
> > refs. This fixes it to first dereference .git/packed-refs if it is a
> > symlink.
> 
> Wouldn't it be nicer to instead make "git gc" *notice* the fact that we're 
> in a workdir, and just "cd" to the main git repository instead?
> 
> 		Linus
>

Don't think so. Because then all the low level tools aren't aware of this. And restricting a WorkDir to use only porcelanish commands isn't what I want. And teaching every tool about symklinked workdirs doesn't sound right to me.

-Peter