Re: [RFC] separate .git from working directory

> I was thinking about this while reading subproject thread. In a simple
> case, I have a repo A located at ~/project-a and another repo B
> located at ~/project-a/some/dir/project-b. With this setup, command
> "find" and other directory-recursive commands will run horribly from
> ~/project-a when they go inside project-b/.git (no I don't want to
> repack -d everytime I want to find something).
> I propose to move project-b/.git outside and place a file, say
> .gitdir, in project-b directory. git-sh-setup and setup_git_directory
> are taught to recognize .gitdir, read it to find the actual GIT_DIR
> recorded inside .gitdir. This way git commands inside project-b should
> work fine while I can "find ~/project-a -name blah" or "grep -R blah"
> quickly.
> .gitdir format could be  a simple shell-like format with environment
> variable assignments.