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Re: How is git used as other than the project's version control?

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Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com>
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Apr 27, 2009, 23:06 UTC
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2009/4/27 John Dlugosz <JDlugosz@tradestation.com>:
> But what about using it as a tool, wielded separately from applying
> those tools to a git repository infrastructure?  For example, use it to
> separate out hunks and untangle mixed work.  You could do this even if
> your directory has nothing to do with git normally.

What is it you're really asking here? I use "git diff" all the time outside of $GIT_DIR for instance -- invaluable, and was designed deliberately that way.

-- Thomas Adam
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