Matej Batic venit, vidit, dixit 13.04.2011 14:26: > Michael J Gruber wrote: >> Matej Batic venit, vidit, dixit 13.04.2011 12:24: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I am facing a problem, noted previously in >>> >>> http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/git-alias-always-chdir-to-top-td1609456.html >>> >>> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2010/5/5/29818/thread >>> which in practice means that I cannot pass the " -- >>> relative_path_to_some_file_in_the_tree" argument to my alias. >>> >>> Is there any way to get the current working dir before git changes dir >>> to root directory? >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Matej >>> >> >> This may depend on your shell and rc files, but for me, $PWD gives the >> original current working dir. >> >> Also, revisiting that topic after 1.7.5 seems worthwhile. >> >> Michael >> > > Well, that does not work for me: > [alias] > pwd = "!sh -c 'echo $PWD'" > > git pwd inside tree subdirectory will print git root directory with git > version 1.7.3.4 and also with 1.7.4.1. I had only tried "pwd = !env" to check the environment which is passed (and that has the PWD from the subdir). So, I guess you'd need to have a second look at that topic. Michael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html