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Re: Git Bug report

From
Phil Hord <phil.hord@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 6, 2011, 16:48 UTC
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On 10/5/11, SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 05:44:54PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> writes:
>>
>> > And what about unreadable .git files?
>>
>> Having then inside a working tree is so sick that I do not think it
>> deserves consideration.
>
> I'm not sure why is this any different than having a .git directory
> that is not a repository inside a working tree.
What should happen here? Ignore it and keep searching? Or fail?

I just added some common gitfile detection code and I noticed that the oddball case now is the one that dies on error rather than continuing to search for alternate explanations. I left the oddball behavior assuming it is desireable, but now you have me rethinking it.

Phil
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Message 11 of 15 in “Git Bug report”
  1. Federico LucifrediOct 4, 2011
  2. Johannes SixtOct 5, 2011
  3. Report errors related to .git access during repository discoveryNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 5, 2011
  4. Federico LucifrediOct 5, 2011
  5. Fredrik GustafssonOct 5, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2011
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 5, 2011
  8. SZEDER GáborOct 6, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2011
  10. SZEDER GáborOct 6, 2011
  11. Phil HordOct 6, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2011
  13. Matthieu MoyOct 6, 2011
  14. Phil HordOct 6, 2011
  15. Aaron SchrabOct 6, 2011

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