"Heba Waly via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > For example, if the user runs `git --git-dir=<path> status`, git > will not be able to figure out the work tree path on its own It is not "not be able to figure out". Specifying GIT_DIR (either with environment or the --git-dir option) tells Git that the $cwd is the top of the working tree unless otherwise specified (e.g. with GIT_WORK_TREE environment). If you have to say something, saying "When GIT_DIR is specified, the usual repository discovery is skipped and the current directory is taken as the top level of the working tree unless otherwise speciffied" is probably OK.
