Re: .git as file pointing to directory?

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Nov 4, 2010, 22:14 UTC
Message-ID: <vpqbp64d9e0.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <4CD31904.5040308@web.de>

Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de> writes:

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> Am 04.11.2010 19:32, schrieb Matthieu Moy:
>> Brad Larson <bklarson@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Sorry if this is obvious, I can't figure out what term to search for.
>>>
>>> At gittogether there was some talk about having .git be a file, not a
>>> folder, with contents pointing to the real .git directory.  Similar to
>>> a symlink, but supported in Windows.  Is there a specific name for
>>> this feature?  Where can I find more details?  Which version of git
>>> introduced this?
>> 
>> It has been discussed under the name "gitlink", which was
>> unfortunately also used for something else in the subtree
>> implementation, but AFAIK, it has never been implemented.
>
> Hmm, AFAIK gitlinks are already in heavy use for submodule entries ...

Err, isn't that precisely what I was saying? The same word has been used in the subtree implementation, but the other concept with the same name hasn't been implemented.

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