From: Jonathan Nieder Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:21:42 GMT Subject: Re: [DONOTAPPLY PATCH 2/3] setup: warn about implicit worktree with $GIT_DIR Message-ID: <20130326202142.GL1414@google.com> In-Reply-To: <20130326201208.GB22522@sigill.intra.peff.net> Jeff King wrote: > --- a/setup.c > +++ b/setup.c > @@ -437,6 +437,23 @@ const char *read_gitfile(const char *path) > return path; > } > > +static const char warn_implicit_work_tree_msg[] = > +N_("You have set GIT_DIR (or used --git-dir) without specifying\n" > + "a working tree. In Git 2.0, the behavior will change Please no. I don't want git 2.0 to be delayed forever. If we want this warning, would something like the following do? warning: You have set GIT_DIR without setting GIT_WORK_TREE hint: In this case, GIT_WORK_TREE defaults to '.' hint: To suppress this message, set GIT_WORK_TREE='.' Thanks, Jonathan