branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.7.3.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.3.4]
+* link:v1.7.4.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.4.1]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.4.1.txt[1.7.4.1],
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.4.txt[1.7.4].
+
+* link:v1.7.3.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.3.5]
+
+* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.3.5.txt[1.7.3.5],
link:RelNotes/1.7.3.4.txt[1.7.3.4],
link:RelNotes/1.7.3.3.txt[1.7.3.3],
link:RelNotes/1.7.3.2.txt[1.7.3.2],
path or relative path to current working directory.
--work-tree=<path>::
- Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be
- used in combination with repositories found automatically in
- a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
+ Set the path to the working tree. It can be an absolute path
+ or a path relative to the current working directory.
This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_WORK_TREE
environment variable and the core.worktree configuration
- variable. It can be an absolute path or relative path to
- the directory specified by --git-dir or GIT_DIR.
- Note: If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
- --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
- the current working directory is regarded as the top directory
- of your working tree.
+ variable (see core.worktree in linkgit:git-config[1] for a
+ more detailed discussion).
--bare::
Treat the repository as a bare repository. If GIT_DIR
Authors
-------
-* git's founding father is Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>.
-* The current git nurse is Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>.
-* The git potty was written by Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>.
-* General upbringing is handled by the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-The documentation for git suite was started by David Greaves
-<david@dgreaves.com>, and later enhanced greatly by the
-contributors on the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+Git was started by Linus Torvalds, and is currently maintained by Junio
+C Hamano. Numerous contributions have come from the git mailing list
+<git@vger.kernel.org>. For a more complete list of contributors, see
+http://git-scm.com/about. If you have a clone of git.git itself, the
+output of linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1] can show you
+the authors for specific parts of the project.
Reporting Bugs
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