From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:11:41 GMT
Subject: Re: git's is_inside_git_dir too strict?
Message-ID: <7vzm6l2982.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070309120001.GA32300@moooo.ath.cx>

Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net> writes:

> 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.