From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:33:20 GMT
Subject: Re: 1.5.0.rc1.g4494: Can't use a bare GIT_DIR to add
Message-ID: <7v7ivsup3z.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <200701121545.l0CFjMC1017088@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl>

"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> writes:

> I tried this:
>   
>   mkdir xyz
>   cd xyz
>   git --git-dir=../xyz.git   
>      # Initialized empty Git repository in ../xyz.git/
>   echo Junk > file-a
>   git --git-dir=../xyz.git add .
>      # fatal: add cannot be used in a bare git directory
>
> I expected that "GIT_DIR is bare, over there, stuff is here" works the same
> as "GIT_DIR is .git, right here among stuff".
> -- 
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