From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:34:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add platform-independent .git "symlink"
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802041434360.7372@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <7vk5llmnf6.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Hi,

On Sun, 3 Feb 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> "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.

But that's exactly what you can use throw-away branches for.  I do.

Ciao,
Dscho