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Re: Not a git repository: '.'

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Mar 24, 2012, 18:14 UTC
Message-ID
<4F6E0F07.6030400@kdbg.org>
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<87r4wh6hce.fsf@smith.obbligato.org>
Am 24.03.2012 18:26, schrieb greened@obbligato.org:
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> I have a post-receive hook set up that does the following when something
> is pushed to a repository.
> 
> - Change directory to another non-bare repository
> - Do 'git status'
> 
> I get this error from the original git push:
> 
> remote: fatal: Not a git repository: '.'
> 
> Debug output tells me I am in the correct directory when attempting the
> status check.  This directory is a full git workarea (i.e. not a bare
> repository).
> 
> Any idea what git is complaining about?  I can log on to the server and
> do 'git status' in the target directory and everything is fine.

Most likely, GIT_DIR=. is set when the hook is entered. Does unset GIT_DIR help?

-- Hannes
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