Re: Bug report: $program_name in error message

From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Dec 19, 2016, 17:07 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGZ79ka=RzAjrb=7u7p5xnveo=kcNCoGn=TC=0j-CBp8Oby7OA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAFAcib9-rUSqyBRpauw3pTf9OPTKLYNf7bdh2gyykBNtJTZKGg@mail.gmail.com>

+ Vasco Almeida, who authored d323c6b641,
(i18n: git-sh-setup.sh: mark strings for translation, 2016-06-17)

On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Josh Bleecher Snyder <josharian@gmail.com> wrote:

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>>> To reproduce, run 'git submodule' from within a bare repo. Result:
>>>
>>> $ git submodule
>>> fatal: $program_name cannot be used without a working tree.
>>>
>>> Looks like the intent was for $program_name to be interpolated.
>>
>> Which version of git do you use?
>
> $ git version
> git version 2.11.0
>
>
>>> As an aside, I sent a message a few days ago about a segfault when
>>> working with a filesystem with direct_io on, but it appears not to
>>> have made it to the archives on marc.info. Am I perhaps still
>>> greylisted?
>>
>> Both emails show up in my mailbox (subscribed to the mailing list),
>> so I think that just nobody answered your first email as the answer
>> may be non trivial.
>
> Thanks for the confirmation.
>
> -josh