Subject: Re: [DONOTAPPLY PATCH 2/3] setup: warn about implicit worktree with $GIT_DIR

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:21:42 -0700

Jeff King wrote:

> --- a/setup.c
> +++ b/setup.c
> @@ -437,6 +437,23 @@ const char *read_gitfile(const char *path)
>  	return path;
>  }
>  
> +static const char warn_implicit_work_tree_msg[] =
> +N_("You have set GIT_DIR (or used --git-dir) without specifying\n"
> +   "a working tree. In Git 2.0, the behavior will change

Please no.  I don't want git 2.0 to be delayed forever.

If we want this warning, would something like the following do?

	warning: You have set GIT_DIR without setting GIT_WORK_TREE
	hint: In this case, GIT_WORK_TREE defaults to '.'
	hint: To suppress this message, set GIT_WORK_TREE='.'

Thanks,
Jonathan