Re: git commands that only work correctly at top directory

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Datum: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:21:09 +0700
Von: "Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>
An: git@vger.kernel.org
Betreff: git commands that only work correctly at top directory

Did you set $GIT_DIR? ... to an absolute path or "./.git" ?

> Here is the list (checks are done in with 1.4.2.rc4):
> count-objects (always 0 objects, 0 kilobytes)

Works for me in every directory with GIT_DIR abolute or ./.git

> bisect (fatal: Not a git repository: '.git'. Bad HEAD - I need a symbolic
> ref)

with an absolute GIT_DIR works from every directory - at least bisect start

> describe (fatal: Not a valid object name HEAD)

with an absolute GIT_DIR works from every directory.
v1.4.1-gcddb939


> repack (line 42: cd: .git/objects/pack: No such file or directory. And
> it creates a new .git directory in current directory)
> git format-patch in subdir generates files in topdir instead of
> current dir as documented in its man page
> 
> BTW, either git blame or git annotate should be available in git help's
> listing.
> git format-patch with no argument shows nothing. It should show help
> usage instead.
> I might miss some commands because I only tested commands I'm familiar
> with.
> -- 
> Duy


Thomas

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