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Re: [PATCH 3/3] Allow whole-tree operations to be started from a subdirectory

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jan 14, 2007, 00:21 UTC
Message-ID
<20070114002152.GA18277@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<200701140111.20671.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> wrote:
> The wish to allow git-fetch from subdirectories is the
> inconvenience to have to cd up, and later down. This is
> avoided by running "git --top fetch", and theses people
> should be happy.
But not only that, git-fetch *never* alters the working directory.
So it doesn't matter where git-fetch is invoked from, just that
it can find the correct .git directory to run against.  And --top
isn't necessary to do that, the command will find the implied .git
directory own its own.
 
-- 
Shawn.
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Message 18 of 28 in “What's in git.git and announcing GIT v1.5.0-rc1”
  1. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2007
  2. reflog-expire: brown paper bag fix.Junio C Hamano, Jan 12, 2007
  3. Shawn O. PearceJan 12, 2007
  4. Andy ParkinsJan 12, 2007
  5. Friendlier error message for commands that can't be run from a subdirectory.koreth@midwinter.com, Jan 12, 2007
  6. Steven GrimmJan 12, 2007
  7. Change to the repository's root directory if needed.koreth@midwinter.com, Jan 12, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2007
  9. Steven GrimmJan 12, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2007
  11. Explain "Not a git repository: '.git'".Junio C Hamano, Jan 12, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2007
  13. 1/3 Define cd_to_toplevel shell function in git-sh-setupJunio C Hamano, Jan 12, 2007
  14. 2/3 Use cd_to_toplevel in scripts that implement it by hand.Junio C Hamano, Jan 12, 2007
  15. 3/3 Allow whole-tree operations to be started from a subdirectoryJunio C Hamano, Jan 12, 2007
  16. Andy ParkinsJan 13, 2007
  17. Josef WeidendorferJan 14, 2007
  18. Shawn O. PearceJan 14, 2007
  19. Josef WeidendorferJan 14, 2007
  20. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2007
  21. Steven GrimmJan 14, 2007
  22. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2007
  23. Steven GrimmJan 14, 2007
  24. Steven GrimmJan 14, 2007
  25. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2007
  26. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2007
  27. Andreas EricssonJan 16, 2007
  28. lamikrJan 14, 2007

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