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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-10-23 13:21:48 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-10-23 13:21:48 -0700
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Merge branch 'po/dot-url'
Explain how '.' can be used to refer to the "current repository" in the documentation. * po/dot-url: doc/cli: make "dot repository" an independent bullet point config doc: update dot-repository notes doc: command line interface (cli) dot-repository dwimmery
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@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ working tree. After running `git add hello.c; rm hello.c`, you will _not_
see `hello.c` in your working tree with the former, but with the latter
you will.
+ * Just as the filesystem '.' (period) refers to the current directory,
+ using a '.' as a repository name in Git (a dot-repository) is a relative
+ path and means your current repository.
+
Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are
scripting Git: