[PATCH 0/8] Make C-level operable from subdirectories

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

I once advocated for an environment to name the top of working
tree directory --- it might make sense to resurrect that one.

Please don't. 

We should just make the scripts do it automatically instead.

Here comes an 8-patch series.

  [PATCH 1/8] git-apply: work from subdirectory.
  [PATCH 2/8] peek-remote: honor proxy config even from subdirectory.
  [PATCH 3/8] fsck-objects: work from subdirectory.
  [PATCH 4/8] checkout-index: work from subdirectory.
  [PATCH 5/8] hash-object: work within subdirectory.
  [PATCH 6/8] ls-tree: work from subdirectory.
  [PATCH 7/8] Make networking commands to work from a subdirectory.
  [PATCH 8/8] Make the rest of commands work from a subdirectory.

On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 01:51:41AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

I once advocated for an environment to name the top of working
tree directory --- it might make sense to resurrect that one.

Please don't. 

We should just make the scripts do it automatically instead.

Here comes an 8-patch series.

Should the documentation get an update to mention that using GIT_DIR to
create a totally out-of-tree setup is supported, but not recommended?

-- 

Ryan Anderson
  sometimes Pug Majere