$GIT_COMMON_DIR: a new environment variable

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index fa4a8c3afcb93a5fc72e9d0a5dc798d773e0bb9e..2103bbf48a38f7f27d57258677804d2823ebfb7a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ shown.  If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
        consider. Repetitions of this option accumulate exclusion patterns
        up to the next `--all`, `--branches`, `--tags`, `--remotes`, or
        `--glob` option (other options or arguments do not clear
-       accumlated patterns).
+       accumulated patterns).
 +
 The patterns given should not begin with `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, or
 `refs/remotes` when applied to `--branches`, `--tags`, or `--remotes`,
@@ -233,6 +233,13 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
        repository.  If <path> is a gitfile then the resolved path
        to the real repository is printed.
 
+--git-path <path>::
+       Resolve "$GIT_DIR/<path>" and takes other path relocation
+       variables such as $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY,
+       $GIT_INDEX_FILE... into account. For example, if
+       $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY is set to /foo/bar then "git rev-parse
+       --git-path objects/abc" returns /foo/bar/abc.
+
 --show-cdup::
        When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the
        path of the top-level directory relative to the current