From: Jens Lehmann <jens.lehmann@web.de>
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:35:16 GMT
Subject: Re: .git as file pointing to directory?
Message-ID: <4CD31904.5040308@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <vpqpqulc52q.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

Am 04.11.2010 19:32, schrieb Matthieu Moy:
> Brad Larson <bklarson@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Sorry if this is obvious, I can't figure out what term to search for.
>>
>> At gittogether there was some talk about having .git be a file, not a
>> folder, with contents pointing to the real .git directory.  Similar to
>> a symlink, but supported in Windows.  Is there a specific name for
>> this feature?  Where can I find more details?  Which version of git
>> introduced this?
> 
> It has been discussed under the name "gitlink", which was
> unfortunately also used for something else in the subtree
> implementation, but AFAIK, it has never been implemented.

Hmm, AFAIK gitlinks are already in heavy use for submodule entries ...