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Re: something fishy with Git commit and log from file

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Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>
Date
Aug 6, 2008, 16:28 UTC
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<4899D119.1080403@obry.net>
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Junio C Hamano a écrit :
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> Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> writes:
> 
>> So definitely a Git bug! Can be reproduced with:
>>
>>    $ mkdir repo && cd repo
>>    $ git init
>>    $ mkdir dir
>>    $ cd dir
>>    $ echo file > file
>>    $ echo log > log
>>    $ git add file
>>    $ git commit --file=log
>>    fatal: could not read log file 'log': No such file or directory
> 
> Try it without cding down to "dir".
Yes it works. It also works if I do:
     $ echo log > ../log
instead of
     $ echo log > log
Git is looking for the log file at the Git root.
Pascal.
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  1. Pascal ObryAug 6, 2008
  2. Luciano RochaAug 6, 2008
  3. Pascal ObryAug 6, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2008
  5. Pascal ObryAug 6, 2008
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  8. files given on the command line are relative to $cwdJunio C Hamano, Aug 6, 2008
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