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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Samir Benmendil <me@rmz.io>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Git rebase --exec cannot run git commands affecting other repos
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:26:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqlg3s2wu8.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190110161904.23fwbrgg7blyx3nj@uh-nuc001> (Samir Benmendil's message of "Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:19:04 +0000")

Samir Benmendil <me@rmz.io> writes:

> It is impossible to run git commands affecting a different repo from
> within a `git rebase --exec` because in that environment the `GIT_DIR`
> and `GIT_WORK_TREE` variables are set and inherited by any commands
> run as part of `git rebase --exec`.

If the user wants to work in a different repository, the
environments that tells Git about the original repository can be
unset to do so, which is a very much deliberately designed
behaviour, primarily to help those who run "git rebase" from a
subdirectory of the project.


  reply	other threads:[~2019-01-10 18:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-10 16:19 Git rebase --exec cannot run git commands affecting other repos Samir Benmendil
2019-01-10 18:26 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2019-01-10 21:48   ` Samir Benmendil
2019-01-11 16:04     ` Jeff King

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