Re: [DONOTAPPLY PATCH 1/3] environment: set GIT_WORK_TREE when we figure out work tree

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 26, 2013, 20:16 UTC
Message-ID: <20130326201643.GK1414@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130326201140.GA22522@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King wrote:

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> --- a/environment.c
> +++ b/environment.c
> @@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ void set_git_work_tree(const char *new_work_tree)
>  	}
>  	git_work_tree_initialized = 1;
>  	work_tree = xstrdup(real_path(new_work_tree));
> +	setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, work_tree, 1);
>  }

There's no rush, but I think this is a good change. It makes the rest of the codebase more resilient to running commands from a subdir of the top level of the worktree.

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