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[Outreachy] git: update documentation for --git-dir #537

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20 changes: 17 additions & 3 deletions Documentation/git.txt
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Expand Up @@ -110,9 +110,23 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config
Do not pipe Git output into a pager.

--git-dir=<path>::
Set the path to the repository. This can also be controlled by
setting the `GIT_DIR` environment variable. It can be an absolute
path or relative path to current working directory.
Set the path to the repository (".git" directory). This can also be
controlled by setting the `GIT_DIR` environment variable. It can be
an absolute path or relative path to current working directory.
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Specifying the location of the ".git" directory using this
option (or `GIT_DIR` environment variable) turns off the
repository discovery that tries to find a directory with
".git" subdirectory (which is how the repository and the
top-level of the working tree are discovered), and tells Git
that you are at the top level of the working tree. If you
are not at the top-level directory of the working tree, you
should tell Git where the top-level of the working tree is,
with the `--work-tree=<path>` option (or `GIT_WORK_TREE`
environment variable)
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If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use
`git -C <path>`.

--work-tree=<path>::
Set the path to the working tree. It can be an absolute path
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