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Re: [PATCH] git-rebase.sh: Change .dotest directory to .git-dotest

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 5, 2008, 15:28 UTC
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Hi,
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Jari Aalto wrote:
> Change git specific doings into namespace .git*. Define new variable 
> WORKDIR, which points to working directory .git-dotest.
No.

If at all, it should be in .git/rebase/, not in .git-dotest/. Note that we have a different directory already for interactive rebase and rebase -m, .git/.dotest-merge/ (which could have been a better name, too).

But the consensus was that there might be scripts relying on the name of the directory, so we left it as-is, and did not even consolidate both versions into the same name.

So _if_ you still want to change it, you need a looooong-term switch-over plan. For one, you _have_ to install a symbolic link in order not to break existing scripts, and remove it afterwards.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. git-rebase.sh: Change .dotest directory to .git-dotestJari Aalto, Feb 5, 2008
  2. Mike HommeyFeb 5, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinFeb 5, 2008
  4. Jari AaltoFeb 5, 2008
  5. Linus TorvaldsFeb 5, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinFeb 5, 2008
  7. Jari AaltoFeb 5, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinFeb 5, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008
  10. Kristian HøgsbergFeb 5, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinFeb 6, 2008
  12. Nicolas PitreFeb 6, 2008

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