 root.  One use is to give submodules
context about the superproject that invoked it.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">--bare</dt>
<dd>
<p>Treat the repository as a bare repository.  If GIT_DIR
environment is not set, it is set to the current working
directory.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">--no-replace-objects</dt>
<dd>
<p>Do not use replacement refs to replace Git objects. See
<a href="git-replace.html">git-replace(1)</a> for more information.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">--literal-pathspecs</dt>
<dd>
<p>Tr