From: Phil Hord <phil.hord@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:48:14 GMT
Subject: Re: Git Bug report
Message-ID: <CABURp0qw55bKNEjAnn5UHc5nPqiF4MEyG4SmHZf3qJEDFaug2g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20111006010940.GR2208@goldbirke>

On 10/5/11, SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> wrote:
> 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