From: Jens Lehmann Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:28:20 GMT Subject: Re: .git as file pointing to directory? Message-ID: <4CD34194.8010002@web.de> In-Reply-To: Am 04.11.2010 23:14, schrieb Matthieu Moy: > Jens Lehmann writes: > >> Am 04.11.2010 19:32, schrieb Matthieu Moy: >>> Brad Larson 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. Sorry, seems like I misunderstood what you where saying.