Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.25.0-232-gd8437

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-        Set the path to the repository. This can also be controlled by

-        setting the <code>GIT_DIR</code> environment variable. It can be an absolute

-        path or relative path to current working directory.

-</p>

+        Set the path to the repository (".git" directory). This can also be

+        controlled by setting the <code>GIT_DIR</code> environment variable. It can be

+        an absolute path or relative path to current working directory.

+</p>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>Specifying the location of the ".git" directory using this

+option (or <code>GIT_DIR</code> environment variable) turns off the

+repository discovery that tries to find a directory with

+".git" subdirectory (which is how the repository and the

+top-level of the working tree are discovered), and tells Git

+that you are at the top level of the working tree.  If you

+are not at the top-level directory of the working tree, you

+should tell Git where the top-level of the working tree is,

+with the <code>--work-tree=&lt;path&gt;</code> option (or <code>GIT_WORK_TREE</code>

+environment variable)</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>If you just want to run git as if it was started in <code>&lt;path&gt;</code> then use

+<code>git -C &lt;path&gt;</code>.</p></div>

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@@ -3354,7 +3366,7 @@ the Git Security mailing list &lt;<a href="mailto:git-security@googlegroups.com"
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- 2020-01-30 15:16:48 PST

+ 2020-02-12 13:38:42 PST

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