Re: Git: "No you can't handle my root!" (?)

From: sylvain@demarque.qc.ca <sylvain@demarque.qc.ca>
Date: Oct 12, 2009, 17:59 UTC
Message-ID: <20091012135910.ujqifycf9cwsk4ss@webmail.demarque.qc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20091012012826.7sffggwmm8sk0cc8@webmail.demarque.qc.ca>

Hello there. I know I was being goofy, but here is the real down to earth question :

Is there a known bug/feature that prevents Git from being used at "/"? It seems that there is a problem either at "git init" or "git add" when the repository is located at "/.git". (Git 1.6.4.4, see example below)

Thank you!

Quoting sylvain@demarque.qc.ca:

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> Git is good, Git is great! All praise the Git! :-D
>
> What do you people think about this strange phenomena?
>
> localhost / # git --version
> git version 1.6.4.4
>
> localhost / # git init
> Initialized empty Git repository in //.git/
>
> localhost / # cd etc
> localhost etc # git add X11/xorg.conf
> fatal: pathspec 'etc/X11/xorg.conf' did not match any files
>
> Aside from the obvious question of why would I want to Git the whole
> tree ("But all files deserve the Holy Presence of the Git!"), why does
> Git refuse the love offering from "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"? Is it because
> it contains font directory configurations?
>
> Commit and [ENTER] to all,
>
> S! :-)
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