How to navigate to the git root directory
Written by Stefan Judis
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Today Bez Hermoso's git tip passed my Twitter timeline, and it's worth bookmarking it here on my blog.
Whenever you find yourself cd'ing around in a large project just to reach the root of a git repository, the following alias might come in handy.
alias gr='cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)'
It automatically navigates you to the git repo root! 💪
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