On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Michael Gebetsroither wrote:
* Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Julian Phillips <julian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Michael Gebetsroither wrote:
% git-add -f foo/.git/bar
fatal: unable to add foo/.git/bar to index
Also it is false that we should only care about the first one. Think
submodules.
Would it be possible to allow it with git-add -f or does that break to
many cases?
It would be possible, but Junio has convinced me that it wouldn't really
be wise. Inside the working tree .git is a special name - end of story.
It would be relatively easy to change the check that prevents you from
doing it - but this wouldn't stop any of the nasty things that could
ensue. You might never have a problem with a simple layout, but it could
cause mayhem for others with more complicated layouts.
(I've never used any of the more complicated layouts either, which is why
I didn't initially see the problems ... ho hum)
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