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@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-remote-helpers - Helper programs to interact with remote repositories
SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'git remote-<transport>' <repository> [<URL>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ arguments. The first argument specifies a remote repository as in git;
it is either the name of a configured remote or a URL. The second
argument specifies a URL; it is usually of the form
'<transport>://<address>', but any arbitrary string is possible.
+The 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set up for the remote helper
+and can be used to determine where to store additional data or from
+which directory to invoke auxiliary git commands.
When git encounters a URL of the form '<transport>://<address>', where
'<transport>' is a protocol that it cannot handle natively, it