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git rev-parse --show-toplevel doesn't work inside git-dir

Subject: git rev-parse --show-toplevel doesn't work inside git-dir

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2 messages between Jun 5, 2013 and Jun 5, 2013.

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Jeff King· Jun 5, 2013, 16:17 UTC · re: Orgad Shaneh · lore

Re: git rev-parse --show-toplevel doesn't work inside git-dir

On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 10:34:11AM +0300, Orgad Shaneh wrote:
> Running "git rev-parse --show-toplevel" doesn't print anything when it
> is run inside .git dir (on all levels)

This is by design. "--show-toplevel" does not print anything when you do not have a working tree, and you do not have one if you are inside the .git directory. If you were to do:

  cd .git
  git --work-tree=.. rev-parse --show-toplevel

(or use GIT_WORK_TREE, or set core.worktree, etc), you would get back the toplevel of the working tree.

-Peff

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