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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt index 053df505bc..27fd8ba854 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt @@ -58,9 +58,14 @@ cd_to_toplevel:: runs chdir to the toplevel of the working tree. require_work_tree:: - checks if the repository is a bare repository, and dies - if so. Used by scripts that require working tree - (e.g. `checkout`). + checks if the current directory is within the working tree + of the repository, and otherwise dies. + +require_work_tree_exists:: + checks if the working tree associated with the repository + exists, and otherwise dies. Often done before calling + cd_to_toplevel, which is impossible to do if there is no + working tree. get_author_ident_from_commit:: outputs code for use with eval to set the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, |