Re: relative objects/info/alternates

> Luciano Rocha <luciano@eurotux.com> writes:
> 
> > Can I use relative $GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates? Will the git
> > commands work anywhere inside the working-copy despice the alternate
> > being relative to the root of it?
> 
> From the information in repository layout documentation:
> 
>   objects/info/alternates::
>         This file records paths to alternate object stores that
>         this object store borrows objects from, one pathname per
>         line. Note that not only native Git tools use it locally,
>         but the HTTP fetcher also tries to use it remotely; this
>         will usually work if you have relative paths (relative
>         to the object database, not to the repository!) in your
>         alternates file, but it will not work if you use absolute
>         paths unless the absolute path in filesystem and web URL
>         is the same. See also 'objects/info/http-alternates'.
> 
> it looks like you can have relative paths in alternates.