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Re: [RFC/PATCH] Implement poor-man's submodule support in pre-commit hook

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Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Date
Dec 20, 2006, 11:49 UTC
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On Dec 20, 2006, at 5:08 AM, Andy Parkins wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> Help...
>
>> +if [ -f .gitmodules ]; then
>
> This doesn't work because git-commit is not necessarily in the root  
> of the
> working tree.  How do I safely get that root?  While ${GIT_DIR}/..  
> would work
> it is not guaranteed.

The way to do that seems to be "git rev-parse --git-dir". I'm not sure why it's not just "git --git-dir" or similar (probably just historical reasons), but there you go.

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Message 3 of 11 in “Implement poor-man's submodule support in pre-commit hook”
  1. Implement poor-man's submodule support in pre-commit hookAndy Parkins, Dec 20, 2006
  2. Andy ParkinsDec 20, 2006
  3. Brian GernhardtDec 20, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiDec 20, 2006
  5. Andreas EricssonDec 20, 2006
  6. [BUG] git --git-dir dies with bus errorBrian Gernhardt, Dec 20, 2006
  7. Jakub NarebskiDec 20, 2006
  8. Andy ParkinsDec 20, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2006
  10. Andy ParkinsDec 21, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2006

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