Re: [PATCH 1/2] clone: allow to clone from .git file

2011/8/22 Junio C Hamano [off-list ref]:

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  [off-list ref] writes:

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+             else if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode) && st.st_size > 8) {
+                     /* Despite the name read_gitfile_gently can be
+                        cruel on non .git file, check for signature
+                        ourselves */

Didn't somebody add "is this '.git' thing a valid git metadirectory?" API
quite recently for exactly this?

You mean resolve_gitdir() in abc0682 (rev-parse: add option
--resolve-git-dir <path> - 2011-08-15)? That function would barf on a
bundle file. I'm not aware of any other functions.
-- 
Duy