From: Matthieu Moy Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:14:15 GMT Subject: Re: .git as file pointing to directory? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4CD31904.5040308@web.de> Jens Lehmann writes: > Am 04.11.2010 19:32, schrieb Matthieu Moy: >> Brad Larson 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. -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/