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

From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
Date: Aug 11, 2023, 20:46 UTC
Message-ID: <034d01d9cc94$df9db0e0$9ed912a0$@nexbridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqr0o9qpon.fsf@gitster.g>

On Friday, August 11, 2023 4:39 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

>Subject: Re: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source

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><rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
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>> 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

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>> correct?  Or
>>>have I missed some basic step in the build process?
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>> Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run the build.
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>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.