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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-05-23 13:35:19 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-05-23 13:35:19 -0700
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Merge branch 'js/rev-parse-doc-fix'
By Jon Seymour * js/rev-parse-doc-fix: rev-parse doc: --git-dir does not always show a relative path
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@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ shown. If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
--git-dir::
Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined. Otherwise show the path to
- the .git directory, relative to the current directory.
+ the .git directory. The path shown, when relative, is
+ relative to the current working directory.
+
If `$GIT_DIR` is not defined and the current directory
is not detected to lie in a git repository or work tree