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# patch "work.cc"
#  from [b65f4434d5857015c2e9c825ee9aad9978d2b02c]
#    to [6daa957e96a3248b2415519cab25aa4123bd809a]
#
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--- work.cc	b65f4434d5857015c2e9c825ee9aad9978d2b02c
+++ work.cc	6daa957e96a3248b2415519cab25aa4123bd809a
@@ -584,6 +584,13 @@ workspace::get_options(options & opts)
   if (!opts.key_dir_given && !opts.conf_dir_given && cur_opts.key_dir_given)
     { // if empty/missing, we want to keep the default
       opts.key_dir = cur_opts.key_dir;
+      // one would expect that we should set the key_dir_given flag here, but
+      // we do not because of the interaction between --confdir and --keydir.
+      // If --keydir is not given and --confdir is, then --keydir will default
+      // to the "keys" subdirectory of the given confdir. This works by the 
+      // --confdir option body looking at key_dir_given; if reading the keydir 
+      // from _MTN/options set that, then --confdir would stop setting the 
+      // default keydir when in a workspace. 
       //opts.key_dir_given = true;
     }