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Re: Definition of working directory

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Kevin <compufreak@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 28, 2012, 06:06 UTC
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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 05:26:23PM -0400, Anjib Mulepati wrote:
> So if I have a project called MyProject and inside that I have two
> sub-directories dir1 and dir2. Does that mean working directory is
> *ALWAYS* MyProject.

To be clear, the working directory or working tree is not necessarily a path, but refers to the whole tree structure, so every file that belongs to the repository.

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  1. Anjib MulepatiMar 27, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2012
  3. Anjib MulepatiMar 27, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2012
  5. KevinMar 28, 2012
  6. jaseem abidMar 28, 2012
  7. Working directory managmentAnjib Mulepati, Mar 28, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2012
  9. Anjib MulepatiMar 28, 2012
  10. jaseem abidMar 28, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2012

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