[PATCH] GIT_WORK_DIR: documentation for relative path
Signed-off-by: Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>
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Documentation/git.txt | 22 +++++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index d2f5d27..177adf5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -83,11 +83,13 @@ OPTIONS
setting the GIT_DIR environment variable.
--work-dir=<path>::
- Set the path to the toplevel working directory. The value will
- be used only in combination with $GIT_DIR or '--git-dir'.
- Without this option git will assume that the current directory
- is also the toplevel directory. This can also be controlled by
- setting the GIT_WORK_DIR environment variable.
+ Set the path to the toplevel working directory. If the path is
+ relative it is interpreted from $GIT_DIR, not the current
+ working directory. The value will be used only in combination
+ with $GIT_DIR or '--git-dir'. Without this option git will
+ assume that the current working directory is also the toplevel
+ directory. This can also be controlled by setting the
+ GIT_WORK_DIR environment variable.
--bare::
Same as --git-dir=`pwd`.
@@ -334,10 +336,12 @@ git so take care if using Cogito etc.
for the base of the repository.
'GIT_WORK_DIR'::
- Set the path to the toplevel working directory. The value will
- be used only in combination with $GIT_DIR or '--git-dir'.
- Without this environment variable git will assume that the
- current directory is also the toplevel directory.
+ Set the path to the toplevel working directory. If the path is
+ relative it is interpreted from $GIT_DIR, not the current
+ working directory. The value will be used only in combination
+ with $GIT_DIR or '--git-dir'. Without this environment variable
+ git will assume that the current working directory is also the
+ toplevel directory.
git Commits
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