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Re: git status doesn't ignore GIT_DIR directory?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 23, 2015, 17:00 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> I think both of you are wrong ;-)
>
> The thing is, what you are seeing does not have much to do with
> GIT_DIR.  It is "what Git does when it finds a directory inside the
> working tree of a project".  And ".git" is the only special thing in
> that context.

In short, I think Duy's "how about this" means well, but adds documentation at a wrong place.

Having said all that, the message I am responding to showed the right way to look at, understand, and explain the current behaviour. It is a separate issue if the current behaviour is optimal from the usability point of view. It is not entirely implausible to extend the special casing rules from "a directory named '.git' only" to "in addition, the directory pointed at by GIT_DIR, if exists, is treated the same way".

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Message 9 of 10 in “git status doesn't ignore GIT_DIR directory?”
  1. Thorsten von EickenMay 23, 2015
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2015
  3. Duy NguyenMay 23, 2015
  4. Thorsten von EickenMay 23, 2015
  5. Duy NguyenMay 23, 2015
  6. Mike HommeyMay 23, 2015
  7. Duy NguyenMay 23, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2015
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2015

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