Re: I don't want the .git directory next to my code.

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> >> Yes, so you can use
> >> 
> >> $ git --work-tree . --git-dir /some/other/place <some-command>
> >> 
> >> But it's far from the user-friendlyness of a real lightweight 
> >> checkout: you need to provide the --work-tree and --git-dir options 
> >> each time you run git. And making an alias or using the environment 
> >> variables are not really an option if you have more than one 
> >> repository or working tree to deal with.
> >
> > Well, the OP said he did not want _any_ file in the worktree.  So 
> > there's no way around specifying by hand everytime where the git 
> > directory should be.
> 
> Export GIT_DIR and GIT_WORKTREE and you are free to go, right?