Re: Managing multiple branches in git

* Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> [090602 13:25]:

> 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.
> 
> Yes, the .svn directories are a PITA.

You can export GIT_DIR to make the .git directory be somewhere else...
and you'll probalby want a corresponding GIT_WORK_TREE (or core.worktree
config) set.

If your careful (i.e. don't make a mistake), you can set GIT_DIR and
GIT_INDEX_FILE AND GIT_WORK_TREE, and use a single "git repository"
among multiple independent "working directories".

That said, is the carefulness needed to work that worth the < 200KB
you save?

On a "referenced" style development repository:mountie@pumpkin:~/pg-work/REL8_3_STABLE$ du -shc .git/*4.0K
.git/branches4.0K   .git/config4.0K    .git/description4.0K    .git/HEAD48K     .git/hooks328K    .git/index8.0K
.git/info36K    .git/logs16K     .git/objects4.0K    .git/packed-refs32K     .git/refs488K    total
 

488K total in the .git directory, 328K of that is the index.

a.

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