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Re: git-update-cache: allow dot-files

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
May 25, 2005, 00:24 UTC
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On Tue, 24 May 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> Linus, I think this is wrong.  GIT_DIR could be something other
> than ".git".

I considered it, but it's so much easier to allow things later than deny them, that I preferred being anal about it.

			Linus
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Message 2 of 11 in “Re: git-update-cache: allow dot-files”
  1. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsMay 25, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2005
  4. Allow dot files in ls-files as well.Junio C Hamano, May 25, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsMay 25, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2005
  7. Allow dot files in ls-files as well (take #2).Junio C Hamano, May 25, 2005
  8. Linus TorvaldsMay 25, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2005
  10. Petr BaudisMay 26, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2005

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