From 44e1e4d67d5148c245db362cc48c3cc6c2ec82ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nazri Ramliy Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 21:47:43 +0800 Subject: git: run in a directory given with -C option This is similar in spirit to "make -C dir ..." and "tar -C dir ...". It takes more keypresses to invoke git command in a different directory without leaving the current directory: 1. (cd ~/foo && git status) git --git-dir=~/foo/.git --work-dir=~/foo status GIT_DIR=~/foo/.git GIT_WORK_TREE=~/foo git status 2. (cd ../..; git grep foo) 3. for d in d1 d2 d3; do (cd $d && git svn rebase); done The methods shown above are acceptable for scripting but are too cumbersome for quick command line invocations. With this new option, the above can be done with fewer keystrokes: 1. git -C ~/foo status 2. git -C ../.. grep foo 3. for d in d1 d2 d3; do git -C $d svn rebase; done A new test script is added to verify the behavior of this option with other path-related options like --git-dir and --work-tree. Signed-off-by: Nazri Ramliy Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git.txt | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/git.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index dca11cc96e..d6baf98f79 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git - the stupid content tracker SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git' [--version] [--help] [-c =] +'git' [--version] [--help] [-C ] [-c =] [--exec-path[=]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=] [--work-tree=] [--namespace=] @@ -395,6 +395,20 @@ displayed. See linkgit:git-help[1] for more information, because `git --help ...` is converted internally into `git help ...`. +-C :: + Run as if git was started in '' instead of the current working + directory. When multiple `-C` options are given, each subsequent + non-absolute `-C ` is interpreted relative to the preceding `-C + `. ++ +This option affects options that expect path name like `--git-dir` and +`--work-tree` in that their interpretations of the path names would be +made relative to the working directory caused by the `-C` option. For +example the following invocations are equivalent: + + git --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=b -C c status + git --git-dir=c/a.git --work-tree=c/b status + -c =:: Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The value given will override values from configuration files. -- cgit v1.3