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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 3 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index f63b81aad6..4cc3e9586f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -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 |