Re: permissions

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 6, 2010, 06:45 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTileRHwUuJpvKJbivRiM9Prn9wJ0zH6abExBgcq0@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C0A9615.4090307@wpursell.net>

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 20:23, William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> wrote:

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> fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
>
> That's just weird.  And if there is a git repository in a
> directory above, there may be great confusion, weeping
> and gnashing of teeth.

How about just this? (I assume cwd does hold current working directory).

diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 5a083fa..561f3ab 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(int *nongit_ok)
 				*nongit_ok = 1;
 				return NULL;
 			}
-			die("Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): %s",
DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT);
+			die("Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): %s
(in %s)", DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, cwd);
 		}
 		if (one_filesystem) {
 			if (stat("..", &buf)) {