From: redstun <redstun@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:24:25 GMT
Subject: Re: [idea] separate .git dir and the working tree
Message-ID: <AANLkTinYMuXSvKjgtpSCbJPuo=PHDGR_OgOkwtV4Azmz@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110205132708.GA18391@elie>

Making .git a symbol link is nice.

Regarding the GIT_DIR variable, looks like it needs to be paired with
the GIT_WORK_TREE variable, does this mean that I can only have one
local git repository?

what I wanted is, I may have multiple git working tree in my $HOME, like:
$HOME/proj1
$HOME/proj2,

I then wanted their .git directories respectively located at
/safe/disk/.git_proj1
/safe/disk/.git_proj2

How can I get this? I tried to read the doc but didn't have much luck.

Thanks

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> (restoring cc list; please do not cull cc's)
>
> Mike Gant wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 10:53:58AM +0800, redstun wrote:
>
>>> I think separating the .git directory from its working tree could
>>> increase the safety of the data to one more level higher.
> [...]
>> GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE might be what you are looking for. Explanation
>> of usage in 'man git'
>
> The .git directory is allowed to be a symlink.  Or a file like so
>
>        gitdir: /path/to/git/repo
>
> for symlink-challenged operating systems.  See gitrepository-layout(7)
> for details.
>
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
>