Git rev-parse

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Internal

Overview

Return the Value of $GIT_DIR

git rev-parse --git-dir

If inside a git work area, return the relative path of $GIT_DIR (.git in the root of the work area, absolute path from other location).

Sends "fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git" to stderr and return 128 return code if not in a git work area.