From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:22:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Define relative .git/objects/info/alternates semantics.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0509130918170.3351@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vk6hl4fd9.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> This patch is request-for-comments.  I have experimented it and
> have a feeling that it may be more intuitive to make it relative
> to $project.git/ directory, instead of $project.git/objects as
> you originally suggested

I don't think you can do that.

I always felt that "alternates" should be per-project, but you're the one 
who argued that "alternates" is a per-object-directory thing.

Which means that the _same_ "alternates" file can be shared with many
different project.git/ directories, and thus it's not well-defined to make
it relative to GIT_DIR.

You can make it relative to "GIT_OBJECTS_DIR/.." of course, which in most
cases is the same thing as "GIT_DIR".

		Linus