w <code>$GIT_DIR</code> if defined. Otherwise show the path to
the .git directory. The path shown, when relative, is
relative to the current working directory.</p>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If <code>$GIT_DIR</code> is not defined and the current directory
is not detected to lie in a Git repository or work tree
print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.</p>
</div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">--absolute-git-dir</dt>
<dd>
<p>Like <code>--git-dir</code>, but its output is always the canonicalized
ab