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RE: Inconsistent results from git rev-parse --show-toplevel

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CACrabtree, Andrew <andrew.crabtree@hpe.com>
Date
Jan 25, 2020, 22:22 UTC
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> But the bigger thing, I think, is: who is setting GIT_DIR but not setting GIT_WORK_TREE to match? Because IMHO that's the situation that is causing the confusion.
Pre-commit hook when worktrees are used?

pre-commit #!/bin/bash env | grep GIT

/tmp/pre_commit_test_worktree  (new_branch)$ git add frob
/tmp/pre_commit_test_worktree  (new_branch)$ git commit -m "frob"
GIT_DIR=/tmp/pre_commit_test/.git/worktrees/pre_commit_test_worktree
GIT_EDITOR=:
GIT_INDEX_FILE=/tmp/pre_commit_test/.git/worktrees/pre_commit_test_worktree/index
GIT_PREFIX=
GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=@1579990789 -0800
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Andrew Crabtree
GIT_EXEC_PATH=/usr/local/libexec/git-core
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=andrew.crabtree@hpe.com
[new_branch 7b1b747] frob
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 frob
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  1. Crabtree, AndrewJan 24, 2020
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2020
  3. Crabtree, AndrewJan 25, 2020
  4. Jeff KingJan 25, 2020
  5. Crabtree, AndrewJan 25, 2020
  6. Jeff KingJan 30, 2020
  7. Crabtree, AndrewJan 30, 2020
  8. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2020

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