GIT_WORK_TREE and GIT_DIR with git clone

From: Kacper Kornet <kornet@camk.edu.pl>
Date: Mar 26, 2011, 12:58 UTC
Message-ID: <20110326125818.GA2621@camk.edu.pl>

Is there a reason why git clone does not respect GIT_DIR variable. I have found it confusing that:

GIT_WORK_TREE=repo GIT_DIR=repo/.git git clone <path>/repo.git

is not equivalent to

git clone <path>/repo.git

-- 
  Kacper

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