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diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ It is configured as a bare Git repository in /.git.  The following
 shell script (named gg) used to manage it:
 
 	#!/bin/sh
-	exec git --git-dir=/.git --work-tree=/ "$@"
+	export GIT_DIR=/.git
+	export GIT_WORK_TREE=/
+	exec git "$@"
 
 This README records important pieces of configuration that is not
 well represented in the file system.