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diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt index 9ac5088acd..1672842318 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt @@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ the paths in the index that match the pattern to be checked out to your working tree. After running `git add hello.c; rm hello.c`, you will _not_ see `hello.c` in your working tree with the former, but with the latter you will. ++ +Just as the filesystem '.' (period) refers to the current directory, +using a '.' as a repository name in Git (a dot-repository) is a relative +path for your current repository. Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are scripting Git: |