Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > So let's say that you have a git repository for tracking all that. The > "working tree" for that git repository would be your home directory. > > Now, imagine that you *also* want to track something else in git, that you > *also* have in your home directory. Say your ".bashrc" files etc. They > have nothing to do with your music tracking setup, so you don't want to > track it in the same git repository, and you want to have a totally > different .git/index file for those. But again, the *working*tree* is > actually your home directory. That is a good example usage schenario; we would need to think about what to do with .gitignore (and .gitattributes if we will have that in-tree), though. - 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