On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:19:38AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> 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. And the way to convince git to make the link for you is with clone's "--separate-git-dir" option. -Peff -- 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