"Heba Waly via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Range-diff vs v3: > > 1: 2a1404f1b3 ! 1: e27f150c4b git: update documentation for --git-dir > @@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ > + an absolute path or relative path to current working directory. > ++ > +Specifying the location of the ".git" directory using this > -+option (or GIT_DIR environment variable) turns off the > ++option (or `GIT_DIR` environment variable) turns off the > +repository discovery that tries to find a directory with > +".git" subdirectory (which is how the repository and the > +top-level of the working tree are discovered), and tells Git > +that you are at the top level of the working tree. If you > +are not at the top-level directory of the working tree, you > +should tell Git where the top-level of the working tree is, > -+with the --work-tree=<path> option (or GIT_WORK_TREE > ++with the `--work-tree=<path>` option (or `GIT_WORK_TREE` > +environment variable) > ++ > -+If you just want to run git as if it was started in <path> then use > -+git -C. > ++If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use > ++`git -C <path>`. Will replace and queue. Thanks.
