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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-12-28 11:26:55 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-12-28 11:26:55 -0800
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* nd/setup: (47 commits) setup_work_tree: adjust relative $GIT_WORK_TREE after moving cwd git.txt: correct where --work-tree path is relative to Revert "Documentation: always respect core.worktree if set" t0001: test git init when run via an alias Remove all logic from get_git_work_tree() setup: rework setup_explicit_git_dir() setup: clean up setup_discovered_git_dir() t1020-subdirectory: test alias expansion in a subdirectory setup: clean up setup_bare_git_dir() setup: limit get_git_work_tree()'s to explicit setup case only Use git_config_early() instead of git_config() during repo setup Add git_config_early() git-rev-parse.txt: clarify --git-dir t1510: setup case #31 t1510: setup case #30 t1510: setup case #29 t1510: setup case #28 t1510: setup case #27 t1510: setup case #26 t1510: setup case #25 ...
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@@ -317,24 +317,17 @@ false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
= true).
core.worktree::
- Set the path to the root of the work tree.
+ Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be
+ used in combination with repositories found automatically in
+ a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
variable and the '--work-tree' command line option. It can be
- an absolute path or a relative path to the .git directory,
- either specified by --git-dir or GIT_DIR, or automatically
- discovered.
- If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
+ an absolute path or relative path to the directory specified by
+ --git-dir or GIT_DIR.
+ Note: If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
--work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
- the current working directory is regarded as the root of the
- work tree.
-+
-Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
-file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory, and its value differs
-from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
-core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
-misconfiguration. Running git commands in "/path/to" directory will
-still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
-great confusion to the users.
+ the current working directory is regarded as the top directory
+ of your working tree.
core.logAllRefUpdates::
Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file