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Re: GIT_WORK_TREE and GIT_DIR with git clone

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 26, 2011, 19:40 UTC
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Kacper Kornet <kornet@camk.edu.pl> writes:
> Is there a reason why git clone does not respect GIT_DIR
> variable.

Are you sure it does "not respect GIT_DIR"? When you are running clone locally, like that:

> GIT_WORK_TREE=repo GIT_DIR=repo/.git git clone <path>/repo.git

you have _two_ repositories that the command operates on on your system, the one that you are cloning _from_, and the new one that you are creating.

Which repository does your GIT_DIR talk about?
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