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Re: [RFC] introduce GIT_WORK_DIR environment variable

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Mar 11, 2007, 21:04 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
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> So let's say that you have a git repository for tracking all that. The 
> "working tree" for that git repository would be your home directory.
>
> Now, imagine that you *also* want to track something else in git, that you 
> *also* have in your home directory. Say your ".bashrc" files etc. They 
> have nothing to do with your music tracking setup, so you don't want to 
> track it in the same git repository, and you want to have a totally 
> different .git/index file for those. But again, the *working*tree* is 
> actually your home directory.

That is a good example usage schenario; we would need to think about what to do with .gitignore (and .gitattributes if we will have that in-tree), though.

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Message 8 of 39 in “[RFC] introduce GIT_WORK_DIR environment variable”
  1. Matthias LederhoferMar 11, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2007
  3. Andy ParkinsMar 11, 2007
  4. Matthias LederhoferMar 11, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinMar 11, 2007
  7. Linus TorvaldsMar 11, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2007
  9. Linus TorvaldsMar 11, 2007
  10. A.J. RossiniMar 12, 2007
  11. Andy ParkinsApr 1, 2007
  12. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 11, 2007
  13. Matthias LederhoferMar 11, 2007
  14. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 11, 2007
  15. Matthias LederhoferMar 11, 2007
  16. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 11, 2007
  17. introduce GIT_WORK_DIR environment variableMatthias Lederhofer, Mar 11, 2007
  18. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 11, 2007
  19. use $GIT_DIR/workdir as working directory with $GIT_DIRMatthias Lederhofer, Mar 11, 2007
  20. core.workdir config variableMatthias Lederhofer, Mar 13, 2007
  21. core.workdir config variableMatthias Lederhofer, Mar 13, 2007
  22. Shawn O. PearceMar 14, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2007
  24. Shawn O. PearceMar 14, 2007
  25. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 11, 2007
  26. rev-parse: --is-bare-repository optionMatthias Lederhofer, Mar 11, 2007
  27. git-init: set up GIT_DIR/workdir if GIT_WORK_DIR is setMatthias Lederhofer, Mar 12, 2007
  28. Joshua N PritikinMar 12, 2007
  29. Matthias LederhoferMar 12, 2007
  30. Matthias LederhoferMar 12, 2007
  31. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 12, 2007
  32. Matthias LederhoferMar 12, 2007
  33. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2007
  34. Matthias LederhoferMar 12, 2007
  35. always interpret GIT_WORK_DIR relative to $GIT_DIRMatthias Lederhofer, Mar 12, 2007
  36. GIT_WORK_DIR: documentation for relative pathMatthias Lederhofer, Mar 12, 2007
  37. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2007
  38. Matthias LederhoferMar 12, 2007
  39. git-init: set up GIT_DIR/workdir if GIT_WORK_DIR is setMatthias Lederhofer, Mar 12, 2007

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