Nicolas Cuillery <nicolas.cuillery@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > When using the default directory ".git", it logically doesn't appear > in the "git status" command's output. Don't you think it should be the > same when using a custom dir name ? Not really. GIT_DIR=<there> mechanism was never meant to be used to name a directory that sitsinside your working tree (an exception is if it is actually ".git" at the top).