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 allowed and sets
`foo.bar` to the boolean true value (just like `[foo]bar` would in a
config file). Including the equals but with an empty value (like `git -c
foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config
--type=bool` will convert to `false`.

--config-env=<name>=<envvar>::
	Like `-c <name>=<value>`, give configuration variable
	'<name>' a value, where <envvar> is the name of an
	environment variable from which to retrieve the value. Unlike
	`-c` there is no shortcut for directly setting the value to an
	empty string, instead the environment variable itself must be
	set to the empty string.  It is an error if the `<envvar>` does not exist
	in the environment. `<envvar>` may not contain an equals sign
	to avoid ambiguity with `<name>` containing one.
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This is useful for cases where you want to pass transitory
configuration options to git, but are doing so on operating systems
where other processes might be able to read your command line
(e.g. `/proc/self/cmdline`), but not your environment
(e.g. `/proc/self/environ`). That behavior is the default on
Linux, but may not be on your system.
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Note that this might add security for variables such as
`http.extraHeader` where the sensitive information is part of
the value, but not e.g. `url.<base>.insteadOf` where the
sensitive information can be part of the key.

--exec-path[=<path>]::
	Path to wherever your core Git programs are installed.
	This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_EXEC_PATH
	environment variable. If no path is given, 'git' will print
	the current setting and then exit.

--html-path::
	Print the path, without trailing slash, where Git's HTML
	documentation is installed and exit.

--man-path::
	Print the manpath (see `man(1)`) for the man pages for
	this version of Git and exit.

--info-path::
	Print the path where the Info files documenting this
	version of Git are installed and exit.

-p::
--paginate::
	Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER) if standard
	output is a terminal.  This overrides the `pager.<cmd>`
	configuration options (see the "Configuration Mechanism" section
	below).

-P::
--no-pager::
	Do not pipe Git output into a pager.

--git-dir=<path>::
	Set the path to the repository (".git" directory). This can also be
	controlled by setting the `GIT_DIR` environment variable. It can be
	an absolute path or relative path to current working directory.
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Specifying the location of the ".git" directory using this
option (or `GIT_DIR` environment variable) turns off the
repository discovery that tries to find a directory with
".git" subdirectory (which is how the repository and the
top-level of the working tree are discovered), and tells Git
that you are at the top level of the working tree.  If you
are not at the top-level directory of the working tree, you
should tell Git where the top-level of the working tree is,
with the `--work-tree=<path>` option (or `GIT_WORK_TREE`
environment variable)
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If you just want to run git as if it was started in `<path>` then use
`git -C <path>`.

--work-tree=<path>::
	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 (see core.worktree in linkgit:git-config[1] for a
	more detailed discussion).

--namespace=<path>::
	Set the Git namespace.  See linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] for more
	details.  Equivalent to setting the `GIT_NAMESPACE` environment
	variable.

--bare::
	Treat the repository as a bare repository.  If GIT_DIR
	environment is not set, it is set to the current working
	directory.

--no-replace-objects::
	Do not use replacement refs to replace Git objects.
	This is equivalent to exporting the `GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS`
	environment variable with any value.
	See linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information.

--no-lazy-fetch::
	Do not fetch missing objects from the promisor remote on
	demand.  Useful together

Title: Git Command-Line Options
Summary
The git command provides various options for configuration, environment variables, and repository settings, including options for setting the git directory, working tree, and namespace, as well as controlling the behavior of git operations such as pagination and object replacement.