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From: Mike <fromlists@talkingspider.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: What's a "work tree"?
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:09:33 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4798E26D.3040707@talkingspider.com> (raw)


I'm trying to figure out what a "work tree" is.  as in --work-tree. 
This is a new command right, the tutorials I've read don't have it. The 
man page has the syntax but I don't know what it's for.

$ cd /www/mysitedocroot
$ git --git-dir /gitdir/mysitegit/ add .
fatal: add must be run in a work tree

thanks

             reply	other threads:[~2008-01-24 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-24 19:09 Mike [this message]
2008-01-25  6:14 ` What's a "work tree"? Jeff King
2008-01-25 20:54   ` Mike
2008-01-25 21:56     ` Jeff King

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