Re: [PATCH] git-completion.bash: prevent 'git help' from searching for git repository

From: Rogan Dawes <discard@dawes.za.net>
Date: Sep 4, 2009, 09:43 UTC
Message-ID: <4AA0E142.4080105@dawes.za.net>
In-Reply-To: <fabb9a1e0909020447p212594cake8c6fe3a43b667ec@mail.gmail.com>

Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

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> Heya,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:58, Gerrit Pape<pape@smarden.org> wrote:
>> +       for i in $(git --git-dir=/nonexistent help -a|egrep '^ ')
> 
> Wouldn't implementing "git --no-git-dir" be more appropriate?
>

Or documenting which git commands do/don't require a git dir at all?

I assume that documenting those that don't would be better than documenting those that do . . .

And by documenting, I mean in the code, so that the code can DTRT.

Otherwise, having this switch lets people shoot themselves in the foot, I'd think.

Rogan