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Re: [PATCH] filter-branch: always export GIT_DIR if it is set

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jun 5, 2007, 17:27 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0706051823140.4046@racer.site>
In-Reply-To
<20070605164957.GA12358@moooo.ath.cx>
Hi,
On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Matthias Lederhofer wrote:
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> diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
> index 0c8a7df..f4cfbea 100644
> --- a/git-filter-branch.sh
> +++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
> @@ -313,9 +313,12 @@ workdir="$(pwd)"
>  
>  case "$GIT_DIR" in
>  /*)
> +	export GIT_DIR
> +	export GIT_WORK_TREE=.
>  	;;

Doesn't it strike somebody else as intrusive, if GIT_WORK_TREE has to touch that many places?

IMHO there should be a less intrusive, and possibly simpler, way to do it. I am not at all interested in that feature, and I don't want to suffer bugs from it either.

Ciao, Dscho

Previous: Matthias LederhoferNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 9 of 22 in “[RFC] GIT_WORK_TREE”
  1. Matthias LederhoferJun 3, 2007
  2. 1/7 rev-parse: document --is-inside-git-dirMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 3, 2007
  3. 2/7 rev-parse: introduce --is-bare-repositoryMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 3, 2007
  4. 3/7 test git rev-parseMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 3, 2007
  5. 3/7 test git rev-parseMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 6, 2007
  6. 4/7 introduce GIT_WORK_TREE to specify the work treeMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 3, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2007
  8. filter-branch: always export GIT_DIR if it is setMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 5, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinJun 5, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2007
  11. filter-branch: always export GIT_DIR if it is setMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 6, 2007
  12. 4/7 introduce GIT_WORK_TREE to specify the work treeMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 6, 2007
  13. Matthias LederhoferJun 3, 2007
  14. Matthias LederhoferJun 3, 2007
  15. 6/7 extend rev-parse test for --is-inside-work-treeMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 3, 2007
  16. 6/7 extend rev-parse test for --is-inside-work-treeMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 6, 2007
  17. 7/7 test GIT_WORK_TREEMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 3, 2007
  18. 7/7 test GIT_WORK_TREEMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 6, 2007
  19. SergioJun 3, 2007
  20. Matthias LederhoferJun 3, 2007
  21. SergioJun 3, 2007
  22. setup_git_directory: fix segfault if repository is found in cwdMatthias Lederhofer, Jun 6, 2007

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