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Shouldn't git-ls-files --others use $GIT_DIR?

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Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se>
Date
Nov 19, 2006, 13:37 UTC
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If I do
GIT_DIR=$HOME/projects/<project>/.git git ls-files --others

from, e.g., $HOME, I get a list of all the files in $HOME and its subdirectories that aren't in said git repository. Shouldn't --others use $GIT_DIR, instead of ".", or am I missing something here?

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