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Re: "GIT_INDEX_FILE" environment variable

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Apr 22, 2005, 22:31 UTC
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>>>>> "LT" == Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
LT> On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>> Almost, with a counter-example.  Please try this yourself:

LT> I agree that what git outputs is always "based on the archive base". But LT> that's an independent issue from "where is the working directory".

I am not talking about output, but the input. I do not mind (and I rather prefer) the output is always canonical.

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  1. Linus TorvaldsApr 21, 2005
  2. Davide LibenziApr 21, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsApr 21, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsApr 22, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2005
  7. Petr BaudisApr 22, 2005
  8. Linus TorvaldsApr 22, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2005
  10. Linus TorvaldsApr 22, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2005
  12. Petr BaudisApr 22, 2005
  13. Linus TorvaldsApr 22, 2005
  14. Zach WelchApr 22, 2005

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