t;</dt>
<dd>
<p>Set the path to the repository. This can also be controlled by
setting the <code>GIT_DIR</code> environment variable. It can be an absolute
path or relative path to current working directory.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">--work-tree=&lt;path&gt;</dt>
<dd>
<p>Set the path to the working tree. It can be an absolute path
or a path relative to the current working directory.
This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_WORK_TREE
environment variable and the core.worktree configuration
variable