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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-09-20 12:35:42 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-09-20 12:35:42 -0700
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Merge branch 'nr/git-cd-to-a-directory'
Just like "make -C <directory>", make "git -C <directory> ..." to go there before doing anything else. * nr/git-cd-to-a-directory: t0056: "git -C" test updates git: run in a directory given with -C option
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git - the stupid content tracker
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git' [--version] [--help] [-c <name>=<value>]
+'git' [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c <name>=<value>]
[--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
[-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
[--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
@@ -395,6 +395,20 @@ displayed. See linkgit:git-help[1] for more information,
because `git --help ...` is converted internally into `git
help ...`.
+-C <path>::
+ Run as if git was started in '<path>' instead of the current working
+ directory. When multiple `-C` options are given, each subsequent
+ non-absolute `-C <path>` is interpreted relative to the preceding `-C
+ <path>`.
++
+This option affects options that expect path name like `--git-dir` and
+`--work-tree` in that their interpretations of the path names would be
+made relative to the working directory caused by the `-C` option. For
+example the following invocations are equivalent:
+
+ git --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=b -C c status
+ git --git-dir=c/a.git --work-tree=c/b status
+
-c <name>=<value>::
Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The value
given will override values from configuration files.