Re: [PATCH] Add platform-independent .git "symlink"

> "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
> 
> > The second biggest problem is checking out the same branch in two 
> > different directories at once.  This becomes a problem only if you 
> > modify the branch, but still, its a problem.
> 
> I agree.  The biggest benefit I am getting out of the workdir layout is 
> that it allows me to check out the same branch in two directories, and 
> let me work further on one while the other one is compiling and running 
> the testsuite.  The other "compile and test tree" needs to be reset with 
> --hard once I commit in the "edit tree", but by definition "reset 
> --hard" is always a safe operation in a "compile and test tree".
> 
> In short, you need to know what you are doing.