Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > You are only saying you want to move it, not saying why you want to move > it. > > That is not an explanation _why_ it is useful to be able to do so. Hmm, one scenario would be when you want to "manage" a work tree using a relatively-passive tool that might barf over the contents (large, weird, files...) of a .git dir. E.g., eclipse or something (well I guess eclipse might actually have direct git support these days, but you get the idea). -Miles -- Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy. -- 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