On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nazri Ramliy <ayiehere@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Subject: git: run in a directory given with -C option >> >> +-C <path>:: >> + Run as if git was started in '<path>' instead of the current working >> + directory. When multiple '-C' options are given, each subsequent > > I think this should be `-C` to typeset it as "typed literally". > >> + non-absolute `-C <path>` is interpreted relative to the preceding `-C >> + <path>`. >> ++ >> +This option affects options that expect path name like '--git-dir' and >> +'--work-tree' in that their interpretations of the path names would be > > Likewise for `--git-dir` and `--work-tree`. > >> +made relative to the working directory caused by the '-C' option. For > > and here. I agree with all of the above, however, the unfortunate typesetting in these cases was chosen deliberately to be consistent with the immediately surrounding text. A separate typesetting normalization patch, either before or after this patch, would not be unwelcome. (I forgot to make such a suggestion in [1].) [1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/233719/focus=234234 -- 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