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From: Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How is git used as other than the project's version control?
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:06:24 +0100
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2009/4/27 John Dlugosz <JDlugosz@tradestation.com>:
> But what about using it as a tool, wielded separately from applying
> those tools to a git repository infrastructure? =A0For example, use i=
t to
> separate out hunks and untangle mixed work. =A0You could do this even=
 if
> your directory has nothing to do with git normally.

What is it you're really asking here?  I use "git diff" all the time
outside of $GIT_DIR for instance -- invaluable, and was designed
deliberately that way.

-- Thomas Adam