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From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Need to set GIT_WORK_TREE when setting GIT_DIR !?
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:05:59 +0700
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2012/3/10 Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric Heitzmann <frederic.heitzmann@gmail.com>:
> However man git-config says :
>
> "If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of --work-tree, GIT_WO=
RK_TREE
> and core.worktree is specified, the
> current working directory is regarded as the top level of your workin=
g
> tree."
>
> Some more context on my precise problem :
> I have a project, with source files managed with git.
> I also use some Makefiles that I would like to manage with git _in a
> separate repository_
>
> $ GIT_DIR=3D<project_path>/.git git add some_file.c ...
> $ GIT_DIR=3D<project_path>/.git_mk git add Makefile ...
>
> Setting worktree in each GIT_DIR/config will fix that but I can't fig=
ure out
> why current git implementation actually needs this.

Historical reason: before separate worktree feature was introduced,
git assumed worktree was at $GIT_DIR's parent directory. Old scripts
may rely on that behavior.
--=20
Duy