Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Vít Novotný <witiko@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Is this a bug, or is the ability to symlink `.git` just a happy coincidence? > > It has never been supported. Oops, hit "send" too early. We have support for a "gitdir:" facility that would work even on a filesystem that cannot do symlinks (see gitrepository-layout(5)), and both the higher-level submodule Porcelain and the more recent "worktree" experimental code do use it. -- 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