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Re: What I miss from Cogito...

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HAH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date
Mar 23, 2008, 19:19 UTC
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Daniel Barkalow wrote:
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> 
> Maybe "git --work-tree=. clone <remote>"? It currently complains about the 
> directory existing, but we could have a flag to override that. And this 
> ends up with a sort of neat arrangement where your home directory is "Not 
> a git repository", but if you go into the subdirectory that has the repo 
> files, you can do all the usual stuff. This helps to avoid the case where 
> you forget to do "git init" in a new project and accidentally check things 
> into your dotfiles.
> 
> 	-Daniel
That sounds cumbersome.
	-hpa
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  10. Theodore TsoMar 24, 2008
  11. Björn SteinbrinkMar 24, 2008
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  14. Documentation/git-checkout: Update summary to reflect current abilitiesJulian Phillips, Mar 24, 2008
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  22. Daniel BarkalowMar 23, 2008
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