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Re: git ate my home directory :-(

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 25, 2013, 21:43 UTC
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<20130325214343.GF1414@google.com>
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Hi,
Richard Weinberger wrote:
> In my scripts I'm setting GIT_DIR to use git-fetch and git-reset without changing the
> current working directory all the time.

Yeah, for historical reasons GIT_WORK_TREE defaults to $(pwd) when GIT_DIR is explicitly set.

In git versions including the patch 2cd83d10bb6b (setup: suppress implicit "." work-tree for bare repos, 2013-03-08, currently in "next" but not "master"), you can set GIT_IMPLICIT_WORK_TREE=0 to avoid this behavior.

Thanks for a useful example, and sorry for the trouble.

Sincerely, Jonathan

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  1. Richard WeinbergerMar 25, 2013
  2. Jonathan NiederMar 25, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2013
  4. Jonathan NiederMar 25, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2013
  7. Richard WeinbergerMar 25, 2013
  8. Jonathan NiederMar 25, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2013
  10. Richard WeinbergerMar 25, 2013
  11. Jonathan NiederMar 25, 2013
  12. Brandon CaseyMar 25, 2013
  13. Philip OakleyMar 26, 2013
  14. Duy NguyenMar 26, 2013
  15. Jeff KingMar 26, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2013
  17. Duy NguyenMar 27, 2013
  18. Philip OakleyMar 26, 2013
  19. Richard WeinbergerMar 26, 2013
  20. Jeff KingMar 26, 2013
  21. Richard WeinbergerMar 26, 2013
  22. demerphqMar 26, 2013
  23. Jeff KingMar 26, 2013
  24. demerphqMar 26, 2013
  25. Jeff KingMar 26, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2013
  27. Jeff KingMar 26, 2013
  28. 1/3 environment: set GIT_WORK_TREE when we figure out work treeJeff King, Mar 26, 2013
  29. Jonathan NiederMar 26, 2013
  30. 2/3 setup: warn about implicit worktree with $GIT_DIRJeff King, Mar 26, 2013
  31. Jonathan NiederMar 26, 2013
  32. Jeff KingMar 26, 2013
  33. Jonathan NiederMar 26, 2013
  34. Matthieu MoyMar 27, 2013
  35. 3/3 setup: treat GIT_DIR without GIT_WORK_TREE as a bare repoJeff King, Mar 26, 2013

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