Re: Managing multiple branches in git

From: Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Managing multiple branches in git
Date: 2009-06-02 17:26:57
Message-ID: e51f66da0906021026h2920af85vbd27a848d044b2dc@mail.gmail.com
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On 6/2/09, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> Mark Mielke wrote:
>
> > I am curious about why an end user would really care? CVS and SVN both
> > kept local workspace directories containing metadata. If anything, I
> > find GIT the least intrusive of these three, as the .git is only in the
> > top-level directory, whereas CVS and SVN like to pollute every directory.
>
>
> That's not the problem. The problem is that it is kept in the same
> directory as the checked out copy. It would be a lot more usable if it
> was possible to store it elsewhere.

export GIT_DIR=...

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marko

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