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Re: [PATCH] git rev-parse: Fix --show-cdup inside symlinked directory

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RDRogan Dawes <lists@dawes.za.net>
Date
Jul 15, 2008, 19:08 UTC
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<487CF5A4.2070700@dawes.za.net>
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Yves Orton wrote:
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> Hmm, realizing that was the workdir it wanted i tried it like so:
> 
> [dmq@somewhere apps]$ git --work-tree="$(git-rev-parse --git-dir)/.."
> pull --rebase
> /usr/bin/git-sh-setup: line 139: cd: /home/dmq/git_tree/main/apps/.git:
> No such file or directory
> Unable to determine absolute path of git directory
> 
> Yet:
> 
> [dmq@somewhere apps]$ git-rev-parse --git-dir
> /home/dmq/git_tree/main/.git
> 
> is correct.
>

Are you sure you don't want to specify the --git-dir rather than the work dir?

i.e.
git --git-dir="$(git-rev-parse --git-dir)" pull --rebase
Rogan
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Message 7 of 8 in “git-rev-parse --show-cdup returns a relative path instead of absolute (problem with git pull --rebase not finding the git dir)”
  1. Yves OrtonJul 15, 2008
  2. git rev-parse: Fix --show-cdup inside symlinked directoryPetr Baudis, Jul 15, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 15, 2008
  4. Petr BaudisJul 15, 2008
  5. Yves OrtonJul 15, 2008
  6. Yves OrtonJul 15, 2008
  7. Rogan DawesJul 15, 2008
  8. Yves OrtonJul 15, 2008

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