Re: [PATCH v4] git: update documentation for --git-dir
"Heba Waly via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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> Range-diff vs v3:
>
> 1: 2a1404f1b3 ! 1: e27f150c4b git: update documentation for --git-dir
> @@ -31,18 +31,18 @@
> + an absolute path or relative path to current working directory.
> ++
> +Specifying the location of the ".git" directory using this
> -+option (or GIT_DIR environment variable) turns off the
> ++option (or `GIT_DIR` environment variable) turns off the
> +repository discovery that tries to find a directory with
> +".git" subdirectory (which is how the repository and the
> +top-level of the working tree are discovered), and tells Git
> +that you are at the top level of the working tree. If you
> +are not at the top-level directory of the working tree, you
> +should tell Git where the top-level of the working tree is,
> -+with the --work-tree=<path> option (or GIT_WORK_TREE
> ++with the `--work-tree=<path>` option (or `GIT_WORK_TREE`
> +environment variable)
> ++
> -+If you just want to run git as if it was started in <path> then use
> -+git -C.
> ++If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use
> ++`git -C <path>`.
Will replace and queue. Thanks.