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Re: [long] worktree setup cases

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 22, 2010, 00:34 UTC
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de> wrote:
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>> 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.

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Duy
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  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 20, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederOct 20, 2010
  3. Jonathan NiederOct 20, 2010
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 21, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederOct 21, 2010
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 21, 2010
  7. Jonathan NiederOct 21, 2010
  8. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 23, 2010
  9. Enrico WeigeltOct 21, 2010
  10. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 22, 2010
  11. Enrico WeigeltOct 22, 2010
  12. .git file (Re: [long] worktree setup cases)Jonathan Nieder, Oct 22, 2010
  13. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 22, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2010
  15. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 21, 2010
  16. Enrico WeigeltOct 21, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2010

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