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Re: Multiple checkouts of the same repository

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 2, 2006, 10:16 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0610021214070.14200@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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Hi,
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Matt McCutchen wrote:
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> On 10/1/06, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > The fact is, your setup is fragile, and I think that is hard to fix if you
> > do not make A and B git repositories in their own right.
> 
> I think my setup is much simpler than having two separate repositories
> that update each other using hooks.  What can go wrong, besides the
> scenario I mentioned where one working tree doesn't get updated when I
> commit through the other one?

I do not know, but it feels wrong. Git does not expect something like this, much like an operating system does not expect another computer to access its root hard disk. So _I_ think your setup is fragile.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Matt McCutchenOct 1, 2006
  2. Johannes SchindelinOct 1, 2006
  3. Matt McCutchenOct 1, 2006
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 1, 2006
  5. Matt McCutchenOct 1, 2006
  6. Johannes SchindelinOct 2, 2006
  7. Daniel BarkalowOct 3, 2006
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2006

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