static char *option_template, *option_reference, *option_depth;
static char *option_origin = NULL;
static char *option_branch = NULL;
+static const char *real_git_dir;
static char *option_upload_pack = "git-upload-pack";
static int option_verbosity;
static int option_progress;
"path to git-upload-pack on the remote"),
OPT_STRING(0, "depth", &option_depth, "depth",
"create a shallow clone of that depth"),
+ OPT_STRING('L', "separate-git-dir", &real_git_dir, "gitdir",
+ "separate git dir from working tree"),
OPT_END()
};
if (path)
repo = xstrdup(absolute_path(repo_name));
else if (!strchr(repo_name, ':'))
- die("repository '%s' does not exist", repo_name);
+ die(_("repository '%s' does not exist"), repo_name);
else
repo = repo_name;
is_local = path && !is_bundle;
if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(git_dir) < 0)
die(_("could not create leading directories of '%s'"), git_dir);
- set_git_dir(real_path(git_dir));
+
+ set_git_dir_init(git_dir, real_git_dir, 0);
+ if (real_git_dir)
+ git_dir = real_git_dir;
if (0 <= option_verbosity) {
if (option_bare)