From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:42:31 GMT
Subject: Re: "git pull" doesn't respect --work-tree parameter
Message-ID: <4D11E427.5040506@op5.se>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinGPJRQCOVz5JeqL4xnUG9V=5fkJhz6C5Mi1A3o@mail.gmail.com>

On 12/22/2010 12:40 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy<pclouds@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin<indeyets@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> I am trying to use the following command:
>>>
>>> git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git' '--work-tree=/path/to/repository' pull
>>>
>>> and get this error:
>>> "git-pull cannot be used without a working tree"
>>
>> It works fine for me. What's the result of
>>
>> git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
>> '--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --git-dir
> 
> No directory given for --git-dir.
> 

You added an extra --git-dir without an argument at the end of
the command. Remove it and try again.

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