From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 17:34:56 GMT
Subject: Re: GIT_INDEX_FILE relative path breaks in subdir
Message-ID: <xmqqy478wptr.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160517171836.GA12183@kitenet.net>

Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name> writes:

> Appears to be a bug in git. Seems that it's assuming GIT_INDEX_FILE is
> relative to the top of the worktree and not to the CWD.

I think that has always been the case.  You can always specify it as
relative to the top.  Of course, you can use absolute.