Re: permissions

From: William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 5, 2010, 18:23 UTC
Message-ID: <4C0A9615.4090307@wpursell.net>
In-Reply-To: <m27hmdn704.fsf@igel.home>

Andreas Schwab wrote:

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> William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> After all, it is a git repository, so "Not a git repository"
>> is not accurate.
> 
> A valid git repository requires more than a .git directory.

True, but this doesn't address the issue. In the example you gave, the error message is accurate. Consider this:

$ sudo sh -c 'umask 077; git init' Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/foo/.git/ $ git rev-parse --git-dir fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

That's just weird. And if there is a git repository in a directory above, there may be great confusion, weeping and gnashing of teeth.

-- 
William Pursell