SZEDER Gábor <szeder@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I wonder if is it really necessary to specify the path to the .git > directory via $GIT_DIR. Would 'git --git-dir=/over/there' be just as > good? Then you are testing two different things that may go through different codepaths. Adding yet another test to check "git --git-dir=" in addition is fine, but that is not a replacement. We do want to make sure that "GIT_DIR=there git" form keeps giving us the expected outcome. -- 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