Re: [PATCH 2/2] clone: Allow repo using gitfile as a reference

>Aaron Schrab <aaron@schrab.com> writes:
>> But if others disagree, I could be convinced to add support for that.
>
>If M/.git weren't a gitfile that points elsewhere, that request
>ought to work, no?  A gitfile is the moral equilvalent of a symbolic
>link, meant to help people on platforms and filesystems that lack
>symbolic links, so in that sense, not supporting the case goes
>against the whole reason why we have added support for gitfile in
>the first place, I think.