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| author | Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> | 2008-02-20 23:13:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-04-09 01:22:50 -0700 |
| commit | b44ebb19e3234c5dffe9869ceac5408bb44c2e20 (patch) | |
| tree | 958b2cbe3274a0de21b3751c0caff511e5d4d783 /Documentation/repository-layout.txt | |
| parent | 2a5fe2545882721d6841bad11dae0f15b454bf0d (diff) | |
| download | git-b44ebb19e3234c5dffe9869ceac5408bb44c2e20.tar.gz git-b44ebb19e3234c5dffe9869ceac5408bb44c2e20.tar.xz | |
Add platform-independent .git "symlink"
This patch allows .git to be a regular textfile containing the path of
the real git directory (prefixed with "gitdir: "), which can be useful on
platforms lacking support for real symlinks.
Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/repository-layout.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/repository-layout.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt index 693913009..bbaed2e12 100644 --- a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt @@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ git repository layout You may find these things in your git repository (`.git` directory for a repository associated with your working tree, or -`'project'.git` directory for a public 'bare' repository). +`'project'.git` directory for a public 'bare' repository. It is +also possible to have a working tree where `.git` is a plain +ascii file containing `gitdir: <path>`, i.e. the path to the +real git repository). objects:: Object store associated with this repository. Usually |