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[idea] separate .git dir and the working tree

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Feb 5, 2011, 02:53 UTC
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First please shout if this is a known feature :-)

I think separating the .git directory from its working tree could increase the safety of the data to one more level higher.

We might have a git variable set to specify (a shared place) where to put the .git directories (or the data inside it), then use "/path/to/working/tree" as (or the seed to calculate) a hash key to map from the (.git directory in the) shared place to the working tree directory.

Or we may have just a few data (that can be re-created) stored in the .git directory along with the working tree, and most of the revision history stored in the shared place.

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  1. redstunFeb 5, 2011
  2. Mike GantFeb 5, 2011
  3. Jonathan NiederFeb 5, 2011
  4. redstunFeb 5, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederFeb 5, 2011
  6. Mike GantFeb 6, 2011
  7. Mike GantFeb 6, 2011
  8. Jared HanceFeb 6, 2011
  9. Konstantin KhomoutovFeb 6, 2011
  10. [idea] Re: separate .git dir and the working treeNicolas Sebrecht, Feb 6, 2011
  11. Mike GantFeb 7, 2011
  12. Michael WittenMay 23, 2011

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