Re: [PATCH] git-init: set up GIT_DIR/workdir if GIT_WORK_DIR is set

From: Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>
Date: Mar 12, 2007, 12:52 UTC
Message-ID: <20070312125207.GA16335@moooo.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20070312121226.GB2268@always.joy.eth.net>

Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin@pobox.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 12:53:50PM +0100, Matthias Lederhofer wrote:
> > git-init will always put an absolute path in
> > GIT_DIR/workdir, relative paths are resolved from the
> > directory git-init was called from.
> 
> Does that mean I can't move my GIT trees around without changing a 
> config entry? What is that an improvement?

Only when using $GIT_DIR. $GIT_DIR/workdir is only the default value for $GIT_WORK_DIR.

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