Use git "log" command in another folder
From, man git
:
You can do this with the --git-dir
parameter, before passing any commands.
git --git-dir /foo/bar/.git log
(Specifying the .git
directory is necessary.) From the documentation:
--git-dir=<path>
Set the path to the repository. This can also be controlled by setting the
GIT_DIR
environment variable. It can be an absolute path or relative path to current working directory.
With git 1.8.5 (Q4 2013), you will have another choice, instead of setting --git-dir
.
If you want to execute git log
in folder B
, type:
git -C B log
Just like "
make -C <directory>
", "git -C <directory> ...
" tells Git to go there before doing anything else.
See commit 44e1e4 by Nazri Ramliy:
It takes more keypresses to invoke git command in a different directory without leaving the current directory:
(cd ~/foo && git status)
git --git-dir=~/foo/.git --work-tree=~/foo status
GIT_DIR=~/foo/.git GIT_WORK_TREE=~/foo git status(cd ../..; git grep foo)
for d in d1 d2 d3; do (cd $d && git svn rebase); done
The methods shown above are acceptable for scripting but are too cumbersome for quick command line invocations.
With this new option, the above can be done with fewer keystrokes:
git -C ~/foo status
git -C ../.. grep foo
for d in d1 d2 d3; do git -C $d svn rebase; done