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Re: git's is_inside_git_dir too strict?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Mar 10, 2007, 01:11 UTC
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Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net> writes:
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> Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
>> By the way, is it plausible to add --git-workdir option to specify
>> working directory? With that option, I won't need to chdir to the
>> working directory, run git commands and chdir back.
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/38382
> Since I did not need this feature that much and no one replied that
> there is any interest I did not look any further into it.

FWIW, I was once in favor of that, and currently I am neutral. I vaguely recall that I suggested something like that back when I was still a contributor. The proposal was shot down by people on the list, but I do not recall the details of why.

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Message 7 of 8 in “git's is_inside_git_dir too strict?”
  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 6, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 6, 2007
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 7, 2007
  4. Shawn O. PearceMar 7, 2007
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 7, 2007
  6. Matthias LederhoferMar 9, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2007
  8. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 10, 2007

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