Re: bug: setting GIT_DIR to $(git rev-parse --git-dir) changes behavior

> The root of the working tree is at /tmp/t/, the repository at
> /tmp/t/.git/, and you are in the foo/ subdirectory.  When you ask
> "where is the top level of the working tree in this state, because
> you do not have GIT_DIR or GIT_WORK_TREE environment variables, you
> are asking Git to "discover" both the .git/ directory and the top of
> the working tree, by starting at the current directory,
> i.e. /tmp/t/foo, which is where you are.

> On Thursday 2021-02-25 19:29, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> The root of the working tree is at /tmp/t/, the repository at
>> /tmp/t/.git/, and you are in the foo/ subdirectory.  When you ask
>> "where is the top level of the working tree in this state, because
>> you do not have GIT_DIR or GIT_WORK_TREE environment variables, you
>> are asking Git to "discover" both the .git/ directory and the top of
>> the working tree, by starting at the current directory,
>> i.e. /tmp/t/foo, which is where you are.
>
> *facepalm* The part about GIT_DIR setting the work-tree in addition to
>  the repository I hadn't read. How embarrasing.
>
> I apoligize for my bad reading skills and wasting you time.