Re: problems with git --git-dir on windows 7

From: Trần Ngọc Quân <vnwildman@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 6, 2013, 01:35 UTC
Message-ID: <52A129D5.3050109@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8DBYOwTOapOdLf=hTTWQB1U5U74FKSbUmqwXBAG++C=kg@mail.gmail.com>

On 06/12/2013 08:07, Duy Nguyen wrote:

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> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:11 PM, SCHILZ MANFRED <manfred.schilz@bgl.lu> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> We are using git on windows7(git-version 1.8.1; see below) and we get the following problem in using the command 'git --git-dir='
>>
>>
>> C:\UserTemp\git\appli3>git  --git-dir=C:\UserTemp\git\appli3 tag
>> fatal: Not a git repository: 'C:\UserTemp\git\appli3'
>>
>>
>> but the repository is well defined,as we can run the following command:
>>
>> C:\UserTemp\git\appli3>git log -1 --oneline
>> 37cdbe0 Merge branch 'master' of L:/_ApplicationData/FBLU_IT-FLIT/se-DevelopSupp
> I have no clue. The --git-dir calls
> is_git_directory("C:\\UserTemp\\git\\appli3") while the "git log"
> calls is_git_directory("."). The former fails and the latter suceeds..
> Copying msysgit@ maybe they know something. Btw what if you try
>
> git --git-dir=. tag

in linux: $ git --git-dir=. tag fatal: Not a git repository: '.'

>
> ?

You have to specify git dir instead of the dir contain .git This option use when your are not in git repo or git dir isn't .git as by default $ git --git-dir=.git tag $ git --git-dir=/mnt/E/MyProjects/git/.git tag $ git --version git version 1.8.5-rc1

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>> When running the equivalent command on Linux, we don't have any problems:
>> On Linux:
>>> git --git-dir="/tmp/GITPOC/appli3" tag
>> V1.0
>> V1.1
>> V2.0
>> V3.0
>>
>> Could you help me please ?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Manfred Schilz
>>
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>> C:\UserTemp\git\appli3>git --version
>> git version 1.8.1.msysgit.1
>>
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