From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:26:21 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] git: update documentation for --git-dir
Message-ID: <xmqqr1zgdcmq.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.537.v4.git.1580346841614.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Heba Waly via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.