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Subject: Re: [git-users] Problem using detached worktrees with commands implemented in scripts
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"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:

> ... and the detection process for 'toplevel' may not work
> properly when in a separated work-tree environment.

Without GIT_WORK_TREE exported to point at the top-level, there is
nothing that lets us "detect" it, as the working tree does not have
".git" directory to tell us to stop, no?