From: Rogan Dawes <lists@dawes.za.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:08:20 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git rev-parse: Fix --show-cdup inside symlinked directory
Message-ID: <487CF5A4.2070700@dawes.za.net>
In-Reply-To: <1216141099.19334.196.camel@gemini>

Yves Orton wrote:

> 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