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		tytso on Sept 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Quickly go back to a directory instead of typing c... Note that "git rev-parse --show-cdup" return the empty string if you are at the top of the git repo. So "cdg" as defined above will drop you in the hope directory if you are already at the top of your git tree.

davvid on Sept 1, 2013 [–]

Yup. Perhaps `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` is better for this alias.

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