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authorLibravatar Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>2020-08-09 18:53:16 -0400
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2020-08-10 09:24:11 -0700
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parentGit 2.28 (diff)
downloadtgif-ccf236a23adb5cfb4e5285daad083149458d7828.tar.xz
init: disallow --separate-git-dir with bare repository
The purpose of "git init --separate-git-dir" is to separate the repository from the worktree. This is true even when --separate-git-dir is used on an existing worktree, in which case, it moves the .git/ subdirectory to a new location outside the worktree. However, an outright bare repository (such as one created by "git init --bare"), has no worktree, so using --separate-git-dir to separate it from its non-existent worktree is nonsensical. Therefore, make it an error to use --separate-git-dir on a bare repository. Implementation note: "git init" considers a repository bare if told so explicitly via --bare or if it guesses it to be so based upon heuristics. In the explicit --bare case, a conflict with --separate-git-dir is easy to detect early. In the guessed case, however, the conflict can only be detected once "bareness" is guessed, which happens after "git init" has begun creating the repository. Technically, we can get by with a single late check which would cover both cases, however, erroring out early, when possible, without leaving detritus provides a better user experience. Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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