From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:20:50 GMT
Subject: Re: Need to set GIT_WORK_TREE when setting GIT_DIR !?
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In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8AUo3+ECdxfnyfYGA-mAtHB8KBOUrie3_Qo3cyfshZmAA@mail.gmail.com>

Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> Historical reason: before separate worktree feature was introduced,
> git assumed worktree was at $GIT_DIR's parent directory.

Isn't the rule that the current directory becomes the root of the
working tree if you did not have GIT_WORK_TREE?

In any case, the way I read Frédéric is that the other repository's
files will be accessed only from the root of the working tree, so as
long as the GIT_DIR/config says it is not a bare repository, it
should be OK.