how to use git from another directory?
git
Solution
Git has the `-C <path>` option (like `tar -C <path>`) that changes the working directory for Git to `path` and then executes the command in that directory. Example run:
$ mkdir gitrepo
$ git -C gitrepo init
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/foo/gitrepo/.git/
`man git`:
`-C <path>`
Run as if git was started in `<path>` instead of the current working directory. When multiple `-C` options are given, each subsequent non-absolute `-C <path>` is interpreted relative to the preceding `-C <path>`.
This option affects options that expect path name like `--git-dir` and `--work-tree` in that their interpretations of the path names would be made relative to the working directory caused by the `-C` option. For example the following invocations are equivalent:
git --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=b -C c status
git --git-dir=c/a.git --work-tree=c/b status
My version of Git is 2.16.1.
Problem
Assume there is folder structure like: ``` repos /repo1 <-- here is git repository ``` I do: ``` cd repos ``` And how can I now use repository in `/repo1` still being in `repos` directory? I don't want to do ``` cd repo1 git status (...) git commit (...) ... ``` but something like: ``` git --git-dir=repo1 (...) ``` or ``` git --work-tree=repo1 (...) ``` I want to do ALL git commands in that style, event `git init`. What's the correct approach?