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[Bug] git pull doesn't recognize --work-tree parameter

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Kirill Likhodedov <kirill.likhodedov@jetbrains.com>
Date
Oct 13, 2011, 08:38 UTC
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<E95C75ED-99F2-463C-A1AB-0F8152696739@jetbrains.com>
'git pull' doesn't work from outside the working tree even if '--work-tree' is specified:

# git version git version 1.7.6 # git --git-dir=/Users/loki/sandbox/git/child/.git --work-tree=/Users/loki/sandbox/git/child pull fatal: /opt/local/libexec/git-core/git-pull cannot be used without a working tree.

Note that  'git fetch' and 'git merge origin/master' work fine, so 'git pull' should be easy to fix :)

# git --git-dir=/Users/loki/sandbox/git/child/.git --work-tree=/Users/loki/sandbox/git/child merge origin/master Already up-to-date.

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