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authorLibravatar Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com>2013-05-30 20:11:41 -0500
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-06-03 10:20:43 -0700
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parentGit 1.8.0.3 (diff)
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git.txt: remove stale comment regarding GIT_WORK_TREE
Official support for specifying --work-tree/GIT_WORK_TREE without --git-dir/GIT_DIR was added with v1.7.4-rc3~2^2~2. Update description of GIT_WORK_TREE to reflect this. Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -654,9 +654,7 @@ git so take care if using Cogito etc.
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
- used in combination with repositories found automatically in
- a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
+ Set the path to the root of the working tree.
This can also be controlled by the '--work-tree' command line
option and the core.worktree configuration variable.