[PATCH v2] git.txt: add missing info about --git-dir command-line option
From: Manlio Perillo <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:55:31
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Unlike other environment variables (e.g. GIT_WORK_TREE, GIT_NAMESPACE), the Documentation/git.txt file did not mention that the GIT_DIR environment variable can also be set using the --git-dir command line option. Signed-off-by: Manlio Perillo <redacted> --- Documentation/git.txt | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index e643683..60db292 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ git so take care if using Cogito etc. If the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set then it specifies a path to use instead of the default `.git` for the base of the repository. + The '--git-dir' command-line option also sets this value. 'GIT_WORK_TREE':: Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be
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