Re: relative objects/info/alternates doesn't work on remote SMB repo

From: Orgad and Raizel Shaneh <orgads@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 30, 2012, 13:12 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGHpTB+TbrQLw7E+RpP8y0euYrLNOC6-sic-4x3pbxcAborFLQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8BSpX7UxAEhZTqNnazAtSMp7oZtyxiBdnVoCXefWpTDEw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Orgad and Raizel Shaneh
> <orgads@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a repo accessed through //server/share/foo/repo (Using msysgit).
> >
> > .git/objects/info/alternates contains '../../../bare/objects'
> >
> > Running 'git status' (or almost any other action) gives the following
> > output:
> > error: object directory /server/share/foo/bare/objects does not exist;
> > check .git/objects/info/alternates.
> >
> > Note that it tries to access /server instead of //server.
>
> Could be path normalization. What does "git rev-parse --git-dir" say?
> Try to run it at top working directory and a subdirectory as well.
>
> If you set GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY environment variable to
> //server/share/foo/repo/.git/objects, does it work?
> --
> Duy

git rev-parse --git-dir in a subdirectory has //server

setting GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY prints "fatal: bad object HEAD" on git status.

- Orgad