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Subject: Re: use GIT_DIR instead of /var/tmp
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Alex Riesen wrote:
> Not every system (will not one microsoft windows system) have /var/tmp,
> whereas using GIT_DIR for random temporary files is more or less established.

Depends on what you're doing.  Only if you're writing to the repository.

Windows will usually have $TMP and/or $TEMP, a lot of Unix apps honour 
$TMP_DIR.

	-hpa