Shawn Ferris <shawn.ferris@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Is it expected behavior to have the .git directory ignored, even after > specifying an alternate location with --git-dir? For example: > > $ git --git-dir=.foo init > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/sferris/work/t/.foo/ GIT_DIR and --git-dir are meant to refer to a different .git dir (or a bare-looking repository) located elsewhere, and not for a random pathname like ".foo". No matter what, ".git/" anywhere is ignored from very early days of Git, as Linus himself writes in the source, e.g. 8695c8b (Add "show-files" command to show the list of managed (or non-managed) files., 2005-04-11): ... * Also, we currently ignore all names starting with a dot. * That likely will not change. ... -- 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