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.git as file pointing to directory?

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Brad Larson <bklarson@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 4, 2010, 18:22 UTC
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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?

Thanks! Brad

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