Re: [PATCH/RFC] init, clone: support --real-git-dir for .git file

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

Instead of creating the repository at $GIT_DIR, --real-git-dir will
tell git to put the repository there, then make $GIT_DIR a .git file
that points to --real-git-dir.

Just like you, I am also bad at naming things, so I cannot offhand suggest
a better name, even though I _know_ --real-git-dir sounds horrible.

--separate-git-dir  ?

[Terms like "separate source dir" and "separate build dir" seems to be
common when talking about build systems, and it seems a somewhat
similar situation -- separation of usually co-located information.]

-miles

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