Re: [PATCH] allow setting GIT_WORK_TREE to "no work tree"
On Feb 7, 2008 12:13 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 12:59:32PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> > I was tempted to suggest GIT_WORK_TREE=/dev/null because that is
> > what "diff" uses to mark "this does not even exist", but that
> > feels dirty.
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> It feels dirty to me, too. I would rather choose something that doesn't
> even look like a path. I think GIT_WORK_TREE=" " is too ugly, too.
Is using something like "__GIT_WORK_TREE_NOT_SET__" that terrible?
j.
Jay Soffian <jaysoffian+git@gmail.com>