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Re: Git Bug report

From
Fredrik Gustafsson <iveqy@iveqy.com>
Date
Oct 5, 2011, 07:22 UTC
Message-ID
<20111005072235.GA12600@kolya>
In-Reply-To
<1317763443.17036.15.camel@skyplex>
On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 05:24:03PM -0400, Federico Lucifredi wrote:
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>  Found a minor bug in git today - the error message reported is not
> correct when trying to access a repo that is not accessible
> permission-wise:
> 
> > federico@skyplex:/etc$ git log
> > fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
> 
> with correct access permissions, everything works as expected.

So if: .git/ is a directory with not enought permissions. ../.git/ is a directory with enought permissions.

git would today use ../.git. You suggest that git instead would die because a .git/ exists? (I'm not saying this is wrong or right).

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Message 5 of 15 in “Git Bug report”
  1. Federico LucifrediOct 4, 2011
  2. Johannes SixtOct 5, 2011
  3. Report errors related to .git access during repository discoveryNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 5, 2011
  4. Federico LucifrediOct 5, 2011
  5. Fredrik GustafssonOct 5, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2011
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 5, 2011
  8. SZEDER GáborOct 6, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2011
  10. SZEDER GáborOct 6, 2011
  11. Phil HordOct 6, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2011
  13. Matthieu MoyOct 6, 2011
  14. Phil HordOct 6, 2011
  15. Aaron SchrabOct 6, 2011

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