Linus Torvalds wrote: >> > So there is seldom any real need or reason to actually have multiple >> > checkouts. But it certainly _works_. >> >> But without .git being either symlink, or .git/.gitdir "symref"-link, >> you have to remember what to ser GIT_DIR to, or parameter for --git-dir >> option. > > I'd strongly suggest that people who do this should actually do > > git clone -l > > instead of actually playing games with symlinking .git/ itself or using > GIT_DIR. It means that the two checkouts get separate branch namespaces, > but that's really what you'd want most of the time. Or symlinking .git/objects (and perhaps .git/remotes and .git/branches). BTW. wouldn't it be rather git clone -l -s? What would happenm on repack, or on repack -a -d? But it is true that there is no need to checkout different branches to different working areas. -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html