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Re: permissions

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 6, 2010, 12:45 UTC
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On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 11:36, William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Alex Riesen wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 20:23, William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 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).
>
> <patch snipped>
>
> The problem is permissions, not that it's "not a git repository".
> The error message should be "permission denied".
Well, isn't it enough to diagnose the problem? (where it lies, at least).
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  1. William PursellJun 5, 2010
  2. Andreas SchwabJun 5, 2010
  3. William PursellJun 5, 2010
  4. Alex RiesenJun 6, 2010
  5. William PursellJun 6, 2010
  6. Alex RiesenJun 6, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2010
  8. William PursellJun 8, 2010
  9. Alex RiesenJun 8, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2010
  11. William PursellJun 8, 2010
  12. Alex RiesenJun 9, 2010
  13. William PursellJun 9, 2010
  14. Thomas RastJun 9, 2010
  15. Alex RiesenJun 9, 2010
  16. Alex RiesenJun 9, 2010
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