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Re: [RFC] separate .git from working directory

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 11, 2006, 14:41 UTC
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On 10/11/06, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
> I was thinking about this while reading subproject thread. In a simple
> case, I have a repo A located at ~/project-a and another repo B
> located at ~/project-a/some/dir/project-b. With this setup, command
> "find" and other directory-recursive commands will run horribly from
> ~/project-a when they go inside project-b/.git (no I don't want to
> repack -d everytime I want to find something).
> I propose to move project-b/.git outside and place a file, say
> .gitdir, in project-b directory. git-sh-setup and setup_git_directory

You can even leave the name as is: it is impossible to misunderstand a file for directory (except on AIX). Or put the information in extended attributes.

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Message 2 of 12 in “[RFC] separate .git from working directory”
  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 11, 2006
  2. Alex RiesenOct 11, 2006
  3. SeanOct 11, 2006
  4. SeanOct 11, 2006
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 11, 2006
  6. Liu YubaoOct 12, 2006
  7. Liu YubaoOct 12, 2006
  8. Martin WaitzOct 11, 2006
  9. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 11, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2006
  11. Martin WaitzOct 12, 2006
  12. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 21, 2006

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