Use git commands with another path rather than the actual working dir

Question

When using git add . uses the actual path where you're (incase is a git repo). How would I do for using git add, git commit and git push' outside of the working dir? Likegit add /Users/zad0xsis/my-git-repo`. Can this be achieved? Thanks!

Answer 1

This can't be done because git expects everything to be housed under the same repository (directory). If /Users/zad0xsis/my-git-repo is a git repository you will need to cd to that directory and then run push, add, and commit.

Answer 2

According to the git docs on my system (git 1.7.6) you can adjust the working directory (where the code resides) using --work-tree or $GIT_WORK_TREE and the repository directory (where the git objects reside) using --git-dir or $GIT_DIR. If that doesn't work you could use a wrapper script, e.g.

#!/bin/bash

cd /desired/path

git "$@"