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authorLars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>2008-02-20 23:13:13 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-04-09 01:22:50 -0700
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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>
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@@ -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