From: Manlio Perillo Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:53:47 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git.c: add --index-file command-line option. Message-ID: <50CCC73B.3070802@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7vpq2btcqp.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Il 15/12/2012 19:02, Junio C Hamano ha scritto: > Manlio Perillo writes: > >> Unlike other environment variables (e.g. GIT_WORK_TREE, >> GIT_NAMESPACE), it was not possible to set the GIT_INDEX_FILE >> environment variable using the command line. > > Is this necessary? I'd prefer to see a better reason than "just > because others have it". A long running program will be able to tell git to use an alternate index file, without having to modify its own environment, or having to use execvpe (I assume this is the reason why it is possible to specify GIT_WORK_TREE from command line). Regards Manlio -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEUEARECAAYFAlDMxzsACgkQscQJ24LbaUSzEQCYymkZa6JrT42OzigRfDgc5Hss gwCgjIzs1b0hEyu1WAgDgCir9XalDN8= =GtMF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----