Re: .git as file pointing to directory?

> Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> writes:
> 
>> 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 ...
> 
> Err, isn't that precisely what I was saying? The same word has been
> used in the subtree implementation, but the other concept with the
> same name hasn't been implemented.