Chris RorvickOfficial support for specifying --work-tree/GIT_WORK_TREE without --git-dir/GIT_DIR was added with v1.7.4-rc3~2^2~2. Update description of GIT_WORK_TREE to reflect this.
Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com> ---
Commit ea472c1 made most of the relevant updates. Noticed this while troubleshooting a script that failed when using an old version of Git.
Chris
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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 68f1ee6..54b87d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -682,9 +682,7 @@ Git so take care if using Cogito etc. The '--git-dir' command-line option also sets this value. 'GIT_WORK_TREE':: - Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be - used in combination with repositories found automatically in - a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set). + Set the path to the root of the working tree. This can also be controlled by the '--work-tree' command line option and the core.worktree configuration variable.
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