[PATCH 35/47] git-rev-parse.txt: clarify --git-dir

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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>

The current behavior is often to print an absolute path rather than
a ../../etc string, but callers must be ready to accept a relative
path, too. The most common output is ".git" (from the toplevel of
an ordinary work tree).

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nguyán ThÃi Ngác Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 4a27643..ff23cb0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -136,7 +136,12 @@ appending `/{asterisk}`.
 	directory (typically a sequence of "../", or an empty string).
 
 --git-dir::
-	Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined else show the path to the .git directory.
+	Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined. Otherwise show the path to
+	the .git directory, relative to the current directory.
++
+If `$GIT_DIR` is not defined and the current directory
+is not detected to lie in a git repository or work tree
+print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
 
 --is-inside-git-dir::
 	When the current working directory is below the repository
-- 
1.7.3.2.316.gda8b3

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