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GIT_DIR/--git-dir question

Subject: GIT_DIR/--git-dir question

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3 messages between Nov 8, 2007 and Nov 8, 2007.

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Joakim Tjernlund· Nov 8, 2007, 19:06 UTC · lore

I just started to look at having multiple work trees, each working on a separate branch, using the same git repo.

GIT_DIR/--git-dir seems to be what I am looking for but I wonder if there is a way to store the value of GIT_DIR/--git-dir in the working tree somehow?

  Jocke

Junio C Hamano· Nov 8, 2007, 22:00 UTC · re: Joakim Tjernlund · lore

Re: GIT_DIR/--git-dir question

"Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> writes:

> I just started to look at having multiple work trees, each working on a separate branch,
> using the same git repo.

I suspect contrib/workdir is what you are looking for not GIT_DIR.

Joakim Tjernlund· Nov 8, 2007, 23:24 UTC · re: Junio C Hamano · lore

RE: GIT_DIR/--git-dir question

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> From: Junio C Hamano [mailto:gitster@pobox.com] 
> Sent: den 8 november 2007 23:01
> To: Joakim Tjernlund
> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: GIT_DIR/--git-dir question
> 
> "Joakim Tjernlund" <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> writes:
> 
> > I just started to look at having multiple work trees, each 
> working on a separate branch,
> > using the same git repo.
> 
> I suspect contrib/workdir is what you are looking for not
> GIT_DIR.

Yes, it does look like what I am looking for. But now I am a bit confused as to what GIT_DIR/--git-dir is supposed to be used for.

 Jocke