On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 04:48:44PM +0700, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote: > Something like this, maybe? > > -- 8< -- > Subject: [PATCH] git.txt: document the implicit working tree setting with GIT_DIR > > Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/git.txt | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt > index 7efaa59..ce55abf 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git.txt > @@ -671,6 +671,8 @@ Git so take care if using Cogito etc. > specifies a path to use instead of the default `.git` > for the base of the repository. > The '--git-dir' command-line option also sets this value. > + If neither GIT_WORK_TREE nor '--work-tree' is set, the > + current directory will become the working tree. I think this is a good thing to mention, but a few nits: 1. core.worktree is another way of setting it 2. This can also be overridden by --bare (at least in "next"). 3. I think having core.bare set will also override this -Peff -- 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