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authorMichael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>2011-04-27 10:36:27 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-04-27 10:50:05 -0700
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handle_alias: provide GIT_PREFIX to !alias
Provide an environment variable GIT_PREFIX which contains the subdirectory from which a !alias was called (i.e. 'git rev-parse --show-prefix') since these cd to the to level directory before they are executed. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
not necessarily be the current directory.
+'GIT_PREFIX' is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
+from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
am.keepcr::
If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format