"Angel via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Mark Williams <the.f8er@xxxxxxxxx> > > Add a word `variable` and a `$` sign before variable's > name in `--bare` argument section. Without this word someone > might be confused. > > Signed-off-by: Mark Williams <the.f8er@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > doc: fix a typo inside --bare section > > doc: fix a typo inside --bare section > > Add a word variable and a $ sign before variable's name in --bare > argument section. Without this word someone might be confused. A quick and dirty $ git grep 'GIT_[A-Z]*[^A-Za-z0-9] .*environment' Documentation/ tells us that adding "environment variable" is probably the right thing to do, but we should not add the variable dereference '$' in front (and fix some that do spell $GIT_PAGER etc. to lose '$'). In shell, $V is a notation to always name the value in the variable, and it is clearer to refer to the variable itself without the '$' sign. '$V' means "the value that currently is in the variable V". V=newvalue W="old value of $V" This is unlike C where using a variable as lvalue on the left hand side of assignment does not need different spelling as the variable is used as rvalue, e.g. variable = newvalue; another_variable = 2 * variable; > -Create a bare repository. If `GIT_DIR` environment is not set, it is set to the > -current working directory. > +Create a bare repository. If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is not set, it > +is set to the current working directory. > > --object-format=<format>:: > > > base-commit: 20514004ddf1a3528de8933bc32f284e175e1012
