Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: >> Yes, so you can use >> >> $ git --work-tree . --git-dir /some/other/place <some-command> >> >> But it's far from the user-friendlyness of a real lightweight checkout: >> you need to provide the --work-tree and --git-dir options each time you >> run git. And making an alias or using the environment variables are not >> really an option if you have more than one repository or working tree to >> deal with. > > Well, the OP said he did not want _any_ file in the worktree. So there's > no way around specifying by hand everytime where the git directory should > be. Export GIT_DIR and GIT_WORKTREE and you are free to go, right? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html