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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org> | 2011-08-02 00:09:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org> | 2011-08-02 00:09:12 +0000 |
| commit | fbc773ce792b42ab94e5dcc0cead5637e9c4079e (patch) | |
| tree | 159860d1bc50e4c2fbfb50860c61c7e6b2192017 /git-remote-helpers.html | |
| parent | 0f7806a7b05d4c716f629d409438975029c210c3 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-fbc773ce792b42ab94e5dcc0cead5637e9c4079e.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.6-396-ge0613
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diff --git a/git-remote-helpers.html b/git-remote-helpers.html index 7d541c9dd..85bf08042 100644 --- a/git-remote-helpers.html +++ b/git-remote-helpers.html @@ -451,7 +451,10 @@ transport protocols, such as <em>git-remote-http</em>, <em>git-remote-https</em> arguments. The first argument specifies a remote repository as in git;
it is either the name of a configured remote or a URL. The second
argument specifies a URL; it is usually of the form
-<em><transport>://<address></em>, but any arbitrary string is possible.</p></div>
+<em><transport>://<address></em>, but any arbitrary string is possible.
+The <em>GIT_DIR</em> environment variable is set up for the remote helper
+and can be used to determine where to store additional data or from
+which directory to invoke auxiliary git commands.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>When git encounters a URL of the form <em><transport>://<address></em>, where
<em><transport></em> is a protocol that it cannot handle natively, it
automatically invokes <em>git remote-<transport></em> with the full URL as
@@ -732,7 +735,7 @@ capabilities reported by the helper.</p></div> </div>
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-Last updated 2011-07-23 00:49:30 UTC
+Last updated 2011-08-02 00:08:47 UTC
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