Subject: Re: GIT_DIR vs. --git-dir

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:37:18 +0200

Michael J Gruber <[email-masked]> writes:

> But that argument applies to config files in exactly the same way as it
> applies to command line arguments. Git is the only one reading them. So
> why not leave it up to Git to decide about expansion?

Command line arguments are first processed by the shell, handling
expansions like $HOME.  It is part of the Unix philosophy that expansion
of command lines is left to the shell.

> On the other hand: If Git expanding arguments is surprising, why is it
> unsurprising if Git expands config values?

The config file is not processed by the shell.

Andreas.

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