From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 19:11:22 GMT
Subject: Re: git pull and GIT_DIR
Message-ID: <7v62ceiejp.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120502142536.GA2609@debian.b2j>

bill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com> writes:

> It appeared that
>
> a)
> cd /path/to && git pull git/https://....
>
> will fetch and checkout latest changes to working tree.  This is as
> expected.  On the contrary
>
> b)
> GIT_DIR=/path/to/.git git pull git/https://....
>
> will ...

-ETOOLITTLEINFO.

When you do b)

 - is /path/to the working tree for /path/to/.git?

 - where is your $(pwd)?

 - if your $(pwd) is different from /path/to, how are you telling git
   where the working tree is?  are you using GIT_WORK_TREE or something?