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[PATCH] sha1-file.c: Correct $GITDIR to $GIT_DIR

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Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Date
Jun 3, 2018, 12:22 UTC
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Fix single misspelling of $GITDIR to correct $GIT_DIR.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
---

only occurrence in entire code base that i ran across, so i figured might as well fix it.

diff --git a/sha1-file.c b/sha1-file.c
index 555e780f4..695e5c627 100644
--- a/sha1-file.c
+++ b/sha1-file.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ void add_to_alternates_memory(const char *reference)
 /*
  * Compute the exact path an alternate is at and returns it. In case of
  * error NULL is returned and the human readable error is added to `err`
- * `path` may be relative and should point to $GITDIR.
+ * `path` may be relative and should point to $GIT_DIR.
  * `err` must not be null.
  */
 char *compute_alternate_path(const char *path, struct strbuf *err)
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