Re: [PATCH] git.c: Re-introduce sane error messages on missing commands.

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Jun 28, 2006, 09:53 UTC
Message-ID: <7vr71938t4.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0606281118330.29667@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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> Try this:
>
> $ mkdir 5
> $ cd 5
> $ git-init-db
> $ rm .git/config # yes, really.
> $ git abc

Thanks for trying to help, but not really.

: gitster; mkdir 5 : gitster; cd 5 : gitster; git-init-db defaulting to local storage area : gitster; rm .git/config : gitster; ~/git-master/bin/git abc git: 'abc' is not a git-command

The most commonly used git commands are:
    add            Add files to the index file
    apply          Apply patch on a git index file and a work
...
    tag            Create a tag object signed with GPG
    verify-tag     Check the GPG signature of tag
(use 'git help -a' to get a list of all installed git commands)
: gitster; ~/git-master/bin/git --version
git version 1.4.1.rc1.g8096
: gitster; ls -ld ~/.gitrc ~/.gitconfig ~/.git-config
: gitster; ls -ld ~/.gitrc ~/.gitconfig ~/.git-config
ls: /home/junio/.gitrc: No such file or directory
ls: /home/junio/.gitconfig: No such file or directory
ls: /home/junio/.git-config: No such file or directory
: gitster; : confused...