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Re: [O] org files and projects nested git repositories
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Kyle Meyer |
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Re: [O] org files and projects nested git repositories |
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Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:55:42 -0500 |
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Tyler Smith <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
> I have tried links, but in all my attempts the links break whenever the
> source or the target is committed to version control. My understanding
> that each new commit to a file effectively changes the inode, breaking
> the link.
Are you thinking of hard links rather than symbolic links? Symbolic
links should play well with Git (ignoring Windows). The popular tool
git-annex is even built around symbolic links.
> In your use, are the targets and their links both under
> version control? If so, obviously they aren't breaking, so I must be
> doing something wrong when I try the same thing.
Yes, the target is under version control in the project repo, and the
agenda repo tracks a symbolic link to the target, so the content of that
file is just a path to the target.
--
Kyle