Re: [PATCH] gitmodules.txt: fix 'GIT_WORK_TREE' variable name

Martin Ågren wrote:

On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 at 20:39, Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
[off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

From: Philippe Blain <redacted>

'gitmodules.txt' is a guide about the '.gitmodules' file that describes
submodules properties, and that file must exist at the root of the
repository. This was clarified in e5b5c1d2cf (Document clarification:
gitmodules, gitattributes, 2008-08-31).

However, that commit mistakenly uses the non-existing environment
variable 'GIT_WORK_DIR' to refer to the root of the repository.

Good catch! I wonder what we should conclude from this having gone
unreported for so long.

That perhaps not that many people actually read the official
documentation?

I've noticed the common response RTFM is not that common anymore. A lot
of people seem to rely on Stack Overflow, blogs, and some semi-official
documentation (GitHub, Atlassian, etc.).

Cheers.

-- 
Felipe Contreras