From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:45:40 GMT
Subject: Re: permissions
Message-ID: <AANLkTim1-lN6TCD__V5F0BpPkmLbULkXHF03n0CqWTOi@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C0B6C32.1090700@wpursell.net>

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 11:36, William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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).