From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:30:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Define relative .git/objects/info/alternates semantics.
Message-ID: <7vvf143mfu.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0509130918170.3351@g5.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> Which means that the _same_ "alternates" file can be shared with many
> different project.git/ directories, and thus it's not well-defined to make
> it relative to GIT_DIR.

Good point.

> You can make it relative to "GIT_OBJECTS_DIR/.." of course, which in most
> cases is the same thing as "GIT_DIR".

Again, good point.