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

From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date: Aug 11, 2023, 20:41 UTC
Message-ID: <034c01d9cc94$30c14960$9243dc20$@nexbridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR04MB82893B315F130DCF181D78F49C10A@SJ0PR04MB8289.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>

On Friday, August 11, 2023 4:26 PM, Mon Johl wrote:

>Sorry for the additional reply--I should have mentioned that we don't have

a git repo

>yet.  I am just trying to get things setup so that we can create a proper

repo and

>migrate our data.

Please consult this page: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>
>> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 1:23 PM
>> To: rsbecker@nexbridge.com; git@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from
>> source code
>>
>> Hi Randall,
>>
>> Thank you for your quick reply.
>>
>> I'm just wondering... Can I "trick" the compilation process by simply

creating a .git

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>directory where I am running 'make'?
>>
>> Thanks again and best regards,
>>
>> --
>> Mun
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
>> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 1:19 PM
>> > To: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>; git@vger.kernel.org
>> > Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from
>> > source code
>> >
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>that the content is safe.
>> >
>> >
>> > 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 repo.
>> > >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.

>> > --Randall