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Re: git's is_inside_git_dir too strict?

From
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 10, 2007, 11:49 UTC
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On 3/9/07, Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net> wrote:
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> Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
> > By the way, is it plausible to add --git-workdir option to specify
> > working directory? With that option, I won't need to chdir to the
> > working directory, run git commands and chdir back.
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/38382
> Since I did not need this feature that much and no one replied that
> there is any interest I did not look any further into it.
>

You obviously have a fan now :) Are you going to rework the patch? I think I could finish it if you don't have time for it. FYI, the patch seems not working ("Not below specified working directory")

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Duy
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 8 of 8 in “git's is_inside_git_dir too strict?”
  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 6, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 6, 2007
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 7, 2007
  4. Shawn O. PearceMar 7, 2007
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 7, 2007
  6. Matthias LederhoferMar 9, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2007
  8. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 10, 2007

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