From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:48:14 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Teach 'git apply' to look at $GIT_DIR/config
Message-ID: <7vy7mwnsm9.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0702180226480.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

>> I strongly disagree from my recent day-job experience. [Explains a 
>> convincing use case in favour of cd-up.]
>
> Hmm. I have to think about that. But a consequence of what you suggest 
> would be to disallow git-apply outside of a repository, because then you 
> would introduce _another_ inconsistency (git-apply without --index would 
> behave differently when inside a repo than when outside of one).

Why?  git-apply outside is like 'patch' isn't it?