Re: Git 1.8.4.2: 'git-rev-parse --is-inside-git-dir' wrong output!

From: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Date: Nov 2, 2013, 10:58 UTC
Message-ID: <20131102105816.GC24023@serenity.lan>
In-Reply-To: <CACbqpSvU4qxc0WtquP6Eq8bZGjLxTrVhtT2Nqw90wb23ESkfcw@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 06:19:51PM -0500, Ville Walveranta wrote:

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> "git-rev-parse --is-inside-git-dir" outputs "fatal: Not a git
> repository (or any of the parent directories): .git", instead of
> "false" when outside of a git directory.  "--is-inside-work-tree"
> behaves the same way. Both commands work correctly (i.e. output
> "true") when inside a git directory, or inside a work tree,
> respectively.

I think that's intentional - and it looks like the behaviour has not changed since these options were added. With the current behaviour you get three possible outcomes from "git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree":

    if worktree=$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null)
    then
        if test "$worktree" = true
        then
            echo 'inside work tree'
        else
            echo 'in repository, but not in work tree'
        fi
    else
        echo 'not in repository'
    fi