From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:51:03 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] git-svn: Simplify calculation of GIT_DIR
Message-ID: <20120308005103.GA27398@dcvr.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To: <1330804397-43062-1-git-send-email-barry.wardell@gmail.com>

Barry Wardell <barry.wardell@gmail.com> wrote:
> -my $git_dir_user_set = 1 if defined $ENV{GIT_DIR};
> -$ENV{GIT_DIR} ||= '.git';

<snip>

>  unless ($cmd && $cmd =~ /(?:clone|init|multi-init)$/) {

<snip>

> +	git_cmd_try {
> +		$ENV{GIT_DIR} = command_oneline([qw/rev-parse --git-dir/]);
> +	} "Unable to find .git directory\n";
> +
> +	chdir $toplevel or die "Unable to chdir to '$toplevel'\n";
>  	$_repository = Git->repository(Repository => $ENV{GIT_DIR});
>  }

It looks like some places in "git svn (init|clone|multi-init)" rely on
GIT_DIR being set.  I noticed the first test of t9100-git-svn-basic.sh
failing (causing everything else in that test to fail) with your patch.

Can you fix those use cases (and ensure tests pass)?  Thanks.