I found a case where it seems that the result of `git rev-parse --git-common-dir` is incorrect. If you execute the command from within a subdirectory in the main worktree, it returns the path from the root of the worktree to the current dir + "/.git". (As a refresher, running this command from the root of the worktree returns ".git"). I wrote a quick test to demonstrate the problem: +test_expect_success 'git-common-dir inside sub-dir' ' + ( + mkdir -p path/to/child && + cd path/to/child && + echo "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.git" >expected && + git rev-parse --git-common-dir >actual && + test_cmp expected actual + ) +' + I suggest that we change the result of this call to _always_ return an absolute path. I would be willing to code this change, but I didn't want to start anything that may be considered backwards-incompatible. This seems related to [1]http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/286038 -- 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