From: Martin Nicolay <m.nicolay@osm-ag.de>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 07:54:59 GMT
Subject: Re: bug: setting GIT_DIR to $(git rev-parse --git-dir) changes behavior
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.20.2102260846280.20742@cpza.bfz-tzou.qr>

On Thursday 2021-02-25 19:29, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> The root of the working tree is at /tmp/t/, the repository at
> /tmp/t/.git/, and you are in the foo/ subdirectory.  When you ask
> "where is the top level of the working tree in this state, because
> you do not have GIT_DIR or GIT_WORK_TREE environment variables, you
> are asking Git to "discover" both the .git/ directory and the top of
> the working tree, by starting at the current directory,
> i.e. /tmp/t/foo, which is where you are.

*facepalm* The part about GIT_DIR setting the work-tree in addition to 
the repository I hadn't read. How embarrasing.

I apoligize for my bad reading skills and wasting you time.

Thanks
Martin