On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 2:27 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I wonder how common it would be to attempt exporting a variable with > the same value, and to attempt unsetting a variable that is not > exported, which might help you reduce the clutter by hiding stuff > that truly do not matter, while keeping what matters (possibly > including the "unset" part). It looks pretty good actually. This is with 'git status' and a repo with submodule 'foo'. trace: run_command: cd 'foo'; unset GIT_PREFIX; git 'status' '--porcelain=2' Thanks for the suggestion. -- Duy