From: Thomas Adam Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:06:24 GMT Subject: Re: How is git used as other than the project's version control? Message-ID: <18071eea0904271606t4757a01di40e7b0cf6c558bea@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <450196A1AAAE4B42A00A8B27A59278E70AE3EC48@EXCHANGE.trad.tradestation.com> 2009/4/27 John Dlugosz : > 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