Re: .git as file pointing to directory?

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Hi Brad,

Brad Larson wrote:

> 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.

It is called a .git file.  See gitrepository-layout(5), v1.5.6-rc0~93^2~3
(Add platform-independent .git "symlink", 2008-02-20), and the recent
rebase not handling core.worktree thread[1].

Hope that helps,
Jonathan

[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/160488/focus=160567
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