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Re: git-dir requires work-tree; documentation improvements for working directory

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 3, 2021, 11:57 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Yaroslav Nikitenko wrote:
> However, I think that this is a bug in the implementation or the
> documentation. It's not highlighted anywhere that the repository must
> be non-bare for git-dir to work without explicit work-tree (an
> opposite is stated in general).

core.bare=true means no work-tree, so to me that behavior follows from the documentation. But others might disagree.

> Should I write a letter with [BUG] in its header for that to be noticed?

The mailing list is a little more quite than usual, probably due to the holidays.

If nobody else responds in a week, try again.
Cheers.
-- 
Felipe Contreras
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  1. Yaroslav NikitenkoJan 2, 2021
  2. Felipe ContrerasJan 2, 2021
  3. Yaroslav NikitenkoJan 2, 2021
  4. Felipe ContrerasJan 2, 2021
  5. Yaroslav NikitenkoJan 3, 2021
  6. Felipe ContrerasJan 3, 2021
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2021

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