From: Eric Raible <raible@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:04:22 GMT
Subject: Re: Merging a foreign tree into a bare repository.
Message-ID: <loom.20080709T205908-869@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807092040360.4010@eeepc-johanness>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin <at> gmx.de> writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> > 
> > Or, alternatively, you can tell git where you want to have working
> > directory with '--work-tree' parameter to git wrapper,
> 
> ... which runs the risk of you forgetting to specify the same working 
> directory all the time.
> 
> Which is the reason I did not suggest it.

How about:

GIT_WORK_TREE=<some-dir>; export GIT_WORK_TREE

Combined with a PS1 which include an indication that GIT_WORK_TREE is set?

- Eric