efault <code>$GIT_DIR/objects</code>
directory is used.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><code>GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>Due to the immutable nature of Git objects, old objects can be
archived into shared, read-only directories. This variable
specifies a ":" separated (on Windows ";" separated) list
of Git object directories which can be used to search for Git
objects. New objects will not be written to these directories.</p>
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