Re: .git as file pointing to directory?

Am 04.11.2010 23:14, schrieb Matthieu Moy:

Jens Lehmann [off-list ref] writes:

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Am 04.11.2010 19:32, schrieb Matthieu Moy:

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Brad Larson [off-list ref] writes:

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Sorry if this is obvious, I can't figure out what term to search for.

At gittogether there was some talk about having .git be a file, not a
folder, with contents pointing to the real .git directory.  Similar to
a symlink, but supported in Windows.  Is there a specific name for
this feature?  Where can I find more details?  Which version of git
introduced this?

It has been discussed under the name "gitlink", which was
unfortunately also used for something else in the subtree
implementation, but AFAIK, it has never been implemented.

Hmm, AFAIK gitlinks are already in heavy use for submodule entries ...

Err, isn't that precisely what I was saying? The same word has been
used in the subtree implementation, but the other concept with the
same name hasn't been implemented.

Sorry, seems like I misunderstood what you where saying.