From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:02:38 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git.c: add --index-file command-line option.
Message-ID: <7vpq2btcqp.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1355484219-7517-1-git-send-email-manlio.perillo@gmail.com>

Manlio Perillo <manlio.perillo@gmail.com> writes:

> Unlike other environment variables (e.g. GIT_WORK_TREE,
> GIT_NAMESPACE), it was not possible to set the GIT_INDEX_FILE
> environment variable using the command line.

Is this necessary?  I'd prefer to see a better reason than "just
because others have it".