-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Il 15/12/2012 20:36, Junio C Hamano ha scritto: > [...] >>>> Unlike other environment variables (e.g. GIT_WORK_TREE, >>>> GIT_NAMESPACE), it was not possible to set the GIT_INDEX_FILE >>>> environment variable using the command line. >>> >>> Is this necessary? I'd prefer to see a better reason than "just >>> because others have it". >> >> A long running program will be able to tell git to use an alternate >> index file, without having to modify its own environment,... > > Hrm, isn't that the single-shot environment export syntax > > GIT_INDEX_FILE=foo git blah > > is for? Is there a real-world need for this? > This works with a shell. I'm using Python to write a custom git command. Regards Manlio -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDM8yQACgkQscQJ24LbaUTftQCbBC7D9P7Sqlr9GzWuCIcIHPf2 aQcAn13+d4trLZS4izGvZtoaopMav4nV =vfb6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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