Re: git's is_inside_git_dir too strict?

Matthias Lederhofer [off-list ref] writes:

Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy [off-list ref] wrote:

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By the way, is it plausible to add --git-workdir option to specify
working directory? With that option, I won't need to chdir to the
working directory, run git commands and chdir back.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/38382
Since I did not need this feature that much and no one replied that
there is any interest I did not look any further into it.

FWIW, I was once in favor of that, and currently I am neutral.
I vaguely recall that I suggested something like that back when
I was still a contributor.  The proposal was shot down by people
on the list, but I do not recall the details of why.