Re: git-relink doesn't work on bare repos

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 4, 2008, 15:03 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0803041501500.22527@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <200803040834.14099.jgoerzen@complete.org>

Hi,

On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, John Goerzen wrote:

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> On Tue March 4 2008 1:09:59 am Sean wrote:
> 
> > repos follow the general naming convention of ending in .git relink 
> > will work.  That is, if your bare repos are named repo.git rather than 
> > just repo.
> 
> I never do that because I think it's silly to have to type .git 
> everytime ;-)

Well, it is a convention, and if you choose not to follow it, that's what you get.

> If I give people a git:// url, they already know it's a Git repo, I 
> figure.

So you must use "--git-dir" _everytime_ you are working with Git inside the repo.

It's not like relink has to be performed several times per hour.

Ciao, Dscho