Re: [RFC] introduce GIT_WORK_DIR environment variable

On 3/11/07, Matthias Lederhofer [off-list ref] wrote:

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

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Yes I expected it to move the specified working directory as described
in the previous mail (copied/pasted below). However the patch requires
me to be in workdir somewhere already (which is fine if that is your
expectation). If that's the case, maybe you should tell users
something about GIT_WORK_DIR not applicable.

Let's say we have GIT_DIR=/tmp/git GIT_WORK_DIR=/tmp/foo and are in
/tmp.  You want `git add bar` to chdir to /tmp/foo and add the file
bar from /tmp/foo?

Yes. I wanted it for easy scripting but it's not very intuitive from
command line. I'd take it back.

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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_.

I thought you meant the chdir to the toplevel directory when you're in
a subdirectory.  For this case I'd rather suggest
mygit() {
    old=$(pwd)
    cd "$MYTOPDIR"
    git "$@"
    ret=$?
    cd "$old"
    return $ret
}

Thanks, will try

-- 
Duy