On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 10:53:58AM +0800, redstun wrote: > First please shout if this is a known feature :-) > > I think separating the .git directory from its working tree could > increase the safety of the data to one more level higher. > > We might have a git variable set to specify (a shared place) where to > put the .git directories (or the data inside it), then use > "/path/to/working/tree" as (or the seed to calculate) a hash key to > map from the (.git directory in the) shared place to the working tree > directory. > > Or we may have just a few data (that can be re-created) stored in the > .git directory along with the working tree, and most of the revision > history stored in the shared place. GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE might be what you are looking for. Explanation of usage in 'man git' HTH Mike > -- > 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 -- 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