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| author | Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com> | 2012-05-18 19:23:24 +1000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-05-18 12:23:01 -0700 |
| commit | d0740ce0ba9417c34e00b5a61161d84f85ba7fbc (patch) | |
| tree | c2f540d22a05a93fca96adfaaf79c33c638475ca /Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | |
| parent | 80d868b068b9e68a4aac91be578a8f097f45d8da (diff) | |
| download | git-d0740ce0ba9417c34e00b5a61161d84f85ba7fbc.tar.gz | |
rev-parse doc: --git-dir does not always show a relative path
The description was misleading because it lead the reader to believe
that --git-dir would always show a relative path when, in fact, the
actual behaviour does not guarantee this.
Rather, it was intended that the advice be given that if a relative
path is shown, then the path is relative to the current working
directory and not some other directory (for example, the root of the
working tree).
Signed-off-by: Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index ff23cb0219..00e73c84c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ appending `/{asterisk}`. --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 |