Re: [RFC] introduce GIT_WORK_DIR environment variable

From: Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>
Date: Mar 11, 2007, 14:05 UTC
Message-ID: <20070311140553.GA18947@moooo.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To: <fcaeb9bf0703110646p5417048bx27f119679c01e988@mail.gmail.com>

Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Yes I expected it to move the specified working directory as described
> in the previous mail (copied/pasted below). However the patch requires
> me to be in workdir somewhere already (which is fine if that is your
> expectation). If that's the case, maybe you should tell users
> something about GIT_WORK_DIR not applicable.

Let's say we have GIT_DIR=/tmp/git GIT_WORK_DIR=/tmp/foo and are in /tmp. You want `git add bar` to chdir to /tmp/foo and add the file bar from /tmp/foo?

> >Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> By the way, is it plausible to add --git-workdir option to specify
> >> working directory? With that option, I won't need to _chdir_ to the
> >> working directory, run git commands and _chdir back_.

I thought you meant the chdir to the toplevel directory when you're in
a subdirectory.  For this case I'd rather suggest
mygit() {
    old=$(pwd)
    cd "$MYTOPDIR"
    git "$@"
    ret=$?
    cd "$old"
    return $ret
}