Re: [long] worktree setup cases

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 22, 2010, 05:36 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=7R6nfdXQ10hme87xPPVnomZu+m9A_SZ8j8dpk@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20101022050011.GA27179@nibiru.local>

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de> wrote:

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> * Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de> wrote:
>> >> Also the "relative to $GIT_DIR" may be confusing. If $GIT_DIR points
>> >> to a file that points to a true repo, then to which one it is
>> >> relative?
>> >
>> > Despite the fact that I doubt the usefulness of an .git file at
>> > all, it IMHO should be interpreted as an kind of userland symlink.
>>
>> I do find .git file useful. I put my worktree in a server where it can
>> be wiped out completely. So I don't want to put my .git there. .git
>> file can be used this case so I don't have to set
>> GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE every time and my .git is safe elsewhere.
>
> Why not using a symlink here ?

Paranoia. A fault in Makefile's clean rule may make deletion follow symlinks. Also symlinks are not available everywhere.

-- 
Duy