From: Ximin Luo Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:39:02 GMT Subject: [BUG] git-init does not respect existing separate-git-dir Message-ID: <521F40E6.4040102@gmx.com> It should not be necessary to re-specify --separate-git-dir when re-initialising a git repo. $ git init --separate-git-dir ../repo Initialized empty Git repository in /home/infinity0/tmp/repo/ $ git init /home/infinity0/tmp/wtree/.git/refs: Not a directory 1 One big motivation is so "git init" can be a good "fire-and-forget" invocation that should work anywhere. Currently, one has to do "git init --separate-git-dir $(git rev-parse --git-dir)" which is a lot less elegant. (Please CC me as I am not subscribed.) -- GPG: 4096R/1318EFAC5FBBDBCE git://github.com/infinity0/pubkeys.git