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Git: can I make two local repos be identical, always, except for current branch?

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basically, I've got clones of some expensive-to-build projects (node.js), and I have changes that I want to rebase/cherry-pick onto dev and stable branches.

I know I can push to a remote, then pull into my other, and keep the two on different branches so the builds don't get out of date. But, I think I'd like it if they all just shared the same objects, branches, etc...

Could I symlink together my .git{branches,config,hoks,logs,objects,packed-refs,refs} directories? Is this just going to kill me later?

posted Oct 25, 2013 by Kumar Mitrasen

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