From: Filip Gospodinov Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:25:46 GMT Subject: Re: git submodule ignores --git-dir Message-ID: <55F6CADA.9000100@monetas.net> In-Reply-To: <20150911152807.GA17201@serenity.lan> On 11.09.2015 17:15, Jens Lehmann wrote: > Unfortunately trying to show git the right work tree: > > $ git --git-dir=$PWD/repo2/.git --work-tree=$PWD/repo2 submodule update --init > > Didn't work as I expected it to either: > > fatal: /home/Sledge/libexec/git-core/git-submodule cannot be used without a > working tree. Yes, that's confusing. I'm not sure how other commands use the --work-tree flag and if having the git-submodule script `cd` into the work tree would be acceptable. What do you think? On 11.09.2015 17:28, John Keeping wrote: > There's also "git -C /path/to/repo" which avoids the need for a separate > "cd". > Thank you, that works!