Re: `.git` symlink makes `git submodule add` fail

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

Vít Novotný [off-list ref] writes:

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Is this a bug, or is the ability to symlink `.git` just a happy coincidence?

It has never been supported.

Oops, hit "send" too early.

We have support for a "gitdir:" facility that would work even on a
filesystem that cannot do symlinks (see gitrepository-layout(5)),
and both the higher-level submodule Porcelain and the more recent
"worktree" experimental code do use it.