On Jan 16, 2008 10:27 AM, Mike <fromlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm learning git and I'm really annoyed that the .git directory lives in > the same directory as my code. I don't want it there for three reasons: > > 1. My code lives on a development web server docroot, and I don't want > the .git repository to end up getting published to the live site by > accident. (I would imagine this would be a common need.) > > 2. If I tar/gz my code and deliver it to a client, I don't want the .git > dir slipping into the tarball, allowing my client to be able to peruse > the history of what we did and when. > > 3. The .git respository will get big, especially with binary files in > it, and I want it someplace with a lot of disk space. And I don't want > it to get tarred up when we migrate the site to a different server. (And > tar isn't aware of hard links is it? wonderful.) > > How do I make the repository dir live somewhere else, the hell away from > my code? Thanks Setup GIT_WORK_TREE and GIT_DIR env variables or use --git-dir and --work-tree together. See "man git" for more detail. -- Duy - 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
