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Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-init: set up GIT_DIR/workdir if GIT_WORK_DIR is set
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:42:26 +0530
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 12:53:50PM +0100, Matthias Lederhofer wrote:
> git-init will always put an absolute path in
> GIT_DIR/workdir, relative paths are resolved from the
> directory git-init was called from.

Does that mean I can't move my GIT trees around without changing a 
config entry? What is that an improvement?