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Re: What's the ".git/gitdir" file?

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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Oct 27, 2015, 22:54 UTC
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> wrote:

> Slightly OT: Is there any way of avoiding having that file in the first place? I'm hoping to have a git repository in a normal file system (Posix) and a working area in a rather less-than-normal one where dots in file names are bad (actually a dot is a separator).
As said before, I would not expect a file .git/gitdir to be there if
not using submodules.
For your OT question, I'd presume you'd have environment variables setup
    export GIT_DIR=path_with_no_dots_and_git_repo_in_it # you mention
that is in your posix FS
    export GIT_WORK_TREE=/some.place.with.dot.separators
and you'd be good to go.
>
> Cheers,
> Randall
>
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  1. Kyle MeyerOct 27, 2015
  2. Stefan BellerOct 27, 2015
  3. Randall S. BeckerOct 27, 2015
  4. Stefan BellerOct 27, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2015
  6. Mike RappazzoOct 27, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2015
  8. setup: do not create $X/gitdir unnecessarily when accessing git file $XNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nov 2, 2015
  9. Eric SunshineNov 2, 2015
  10. Jeff KingNov 2, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2015
  12. Jeff KingNov 2, 2015
  13. Duy NguyenNov 3, 2015
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2015
  15. worktree: stop supporting moving worktrees manuallyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Dec 27, 2015
  16. Eric SunshineDec 28, 2015
  17. Duy NguyenDec 29, 2015
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