On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:55 AM, Duy Nguyen <pclo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Eric Sunshine <sunsh...@sunshineco.com> > wrote: >>> +'GIT_COMMON_DIR':: >>> + If this variable is set to a path, non-worktree files that are >>> + normally in $GIT_DIR will be taken from this path >>> + instead. Worktree-specific files such as HEAD or index are >>> + taken from $GIT_DIR. This variable has lower precedence than >>> + other path variables such as GIT_INDEX_FILE, >>> + GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY... >> >> For a person not familiar with "git checkout --to" or its underlying >> implementation, this description may be lacking. Such a reader may be >> left wondering about GIT_COMMON_DIR's overall purpose, and when and >> how it should be used. Perhaps it would make sense to talk a bit about >> "git checkout --to" here? > > I don't want to repeat too much. Maybe mention about "git checkout > --to" and point them to git-checkout man page?
Yes, that might be sufficient. "git checkout --to" documentation points the reader at the "MULTIPLE CHECKOUT MODE" section which gives a more detailed explanation of GIT_COMMON_DIR, so a user wanting to understand GIT_COMMON_DIR better would have a way to find the information. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
