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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> The only other file parameter is
> $dotest. If I do "cd t && git am --dotest=.foo", then should it be
> "t/.foo" or ".foo"?

That brings up an interesting point.

Have people actually used --dotest=<foo> ever?

As far as I know, I do not think it was useful in the real world.  Too
many things assumed that the spool directory for "am" is .dotest.

And I am very much tempted to say we should remove that option.