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Git 1.8.4.2: 'git-rev-parse --is-inside-git-dir' wrong output!

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Ville Walveranta <walveranta@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 1, 2013, 23:19 UTC
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"git-rev-parse --is-inside-git-dir" outputs "fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git", instead of "false" when outside of a git directory. "--is-inside-work-tree" behaves the same way. Both commands work correctly (i.e. output "true") when inside a git directory, or inside a work tree, respectively.

To test, I installed git 1.8.4.2 initially from https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ppa for Ubuntu 12.04.3, and then also compiled it from source, but both seem to behave the same way. The problem is not yet present in version 1.7.9.5.

Thanks,
Ville Walveranta
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