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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-02-12 13:41:37 -0800 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-02-12 13:41:37 -0800 |
commit | b7e497f81b86f5ab135de8db416ff0b2d7796546 (patch) | |
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Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.25.0-232-gd8437
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@@ -110,9 +110,23 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config Do not pipe Git output into a pager. --git-dir=<path>:: - Set the path to the repository. This can also be controlled by - setting the `GIT_DIR` environment variable. It can be an absolute - path or relative path to current working directory. + Set the path to the repository (".git" directory). This can also be + controlled by setting the `GIT_DIR` environment variable. It can be + an absolute path or relative path to current working directory. ++ +Specifying the location of the ".git" directory using this +option (or `GIT_DIR` 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 `--work-tree=<path>` option (or `GIT_WORK_TREE` +environment variable) ++ +If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use +`git -C <path>`. --work-tree=<path>:: Set the path to the working tree. It can be an absolute path |