{"version":"2.1.251","anchor":"link-mode-plugin-installs-drop-the-git-directory","canonical_anchor":"link-mode-plugin-installs-drop-the-git-directory","heading":"Link-mode plugin installs drop the .git directory","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251\/e\/link-mode-plugin-installs-drop-the-git-directory","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251","markdown":"### Link-mode plugin installs drop the .git directory\n\nLink-mode plugin installs now delete the .git folder, so no repo history comes along.\n\n**What**\n\nInstalling a plugin that is sourced by running a command, in link mode, now deletes the .git directory from the working copy as part of the install, so no repository history or remote configuration is carried into the installed plugin.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Unconditional for this install path.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`keepGit: !1`\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}