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Re: [PATCH] Ensure proper setup of git_dir for git-hash-object

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 28, 2009, 20:59 UTC
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newren@gmail.com writes:
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> Without this patch:
> $ mkdir tmp
> $ cd tmp/
> $ git init --bare
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/newren/floss-development/git/tmp/
> $ echo hi | git hash-object -w --stdin
> error: unable to create temporary sha1 filename .git/objects/45: No such file or directory
>
> fatal: Unable to add stdin to database
> $ echo hi | git --git-dir=. hash-object -w --stdin
> 45b983be36b73c0788dc9cbcb76cbb80fc7bb057
Does the patched version work without -w option?  Should it?
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