RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source code

>> Rather than asking one line at a time, can you provide the complete
>> log, input and output of the attempted operation, including the
>> download and tar?[Mun]
>
>[Mun] I downloaded "git-2.41.0.tar.xz" from
>https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ .  Then I ran:
>
>$ unxz git-2.41.0.tar.xz
>$ tar xvf git-2.41.0.tar
>$ cd git-2.41.0
>$ make configure
>
>The output of the above command was:
>
>GIT_VERSION = 2.41.0
>    GEN configure
>
>$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local |& tee configure_20230814a_RHEL7.out

>
>Thank you and regards,
>
>--
>Mun
>
>> Thanks,
>> Randall
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>
>> >Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2023 1:33 AM
>> >To: rsbecker@nexbridge.com; 'Junio C Hamano' <gitster@pobox.com>
>> >Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
>> >Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from
>> >source
>> code
>> >
>> >Hi rsbecker,
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
>> >> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 2:46 PM
>> >> To: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>; 'Junio C Hamano'
>> >> <gitster@pobox.com>
>> >> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
>> >> Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make'
>> >> from source code
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 5:15 PM, Mon Johl wrote:
>> >> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 4:39 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> >> >> >Subject: Re: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make'
>> >> >> >from source
>> >> >> code
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> ><rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote:
>> >> >> >>>I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.
>> >> >> >>>When I run
>> >> >> >> 'make
>> >> >> >>>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point
>> >> >> >>>/tools)
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git

>> >> >> >>>Is
>> >> >> that
>> >> >> >> correct?  Or
>> >> >> >>>have I missed some basic step in the build process?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run
>> >> >> >> the
>> >> build.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Shouldn't we be able to build out of a tarball?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I don't get the impression he started with a tarball, so
>> >> >> subsequently sent the doc ref for that. Using just "make" is not
>> >> >> sufficient from a tarball.[Mun]
>> >> >
>> >> >[Mun] Thank you both for the information you have provided!  It
>> >> >turns out I
>> >> did in fact
>> >> >start from the tar-ball "git-2.41.0.tar.xz" which I downloaded
>> >> >from https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ .  And
>> >> >then I ran the
>> >> 'make'
>> >> >command.  The process went something like this (basically
>> >> >identical to what
>> >> Junio
>> >> >documented):
>> >> >
>> >> >$ tar xf git-2.41.0.tar.xz
>> >> >$ cd git-2.41.0
>> >> >$ make prefix=/usr/local all doc
>> >> >
>> >> >And with the above 'make' command I got the fatal error.
>> >> >
>> >> >I consulted the Getting-Started-Installing-Git web page that
>> >> >rsbecker
>> >> referenced, and
>> >> >it basically matches the above--except it uses the 'make configure'
>> >> process.  So I tried
>> >> >that method as well, but when I got to the 'make all doc info'
>> >> >step, I
>> >> again got the
>> >> >same fatal error.
>> >> >
>> >> >Due to some "security precautions", I am unable to use 'git clone
>> >> >https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git' to download the source

>> >> But I can try
>> >> >to figure out a workaround for that if that is my only option at
>> >> >this point
>> >> to
>> >> >successfully compile git.
>> >>
>> >> Did you run 'make configure' before using 'make prefix=/usr/local
>> >> all
>> doc' ?
>> >
>> >[Mun] My apologies for not providing that data previously: Yes, I did
>> >run
>> 'make
>> >configure' prior to 'make prefix=/usr/local all doc'.