RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source code
Hi,
Sorry for the additional reply--I should have mentioned that we don't have a git repo yet. I am just trying to get things setup so that we can create a proper repo and migrate our data.
Best regards,
--
Mun
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 1:23 PM
> To: rsbecker@nexbridge.com; git@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source code
>
> Hi Randall,
>
> Thank you for your quick reply.
>
> I'm just wondering... Can I "trick" the compilation process by simply creating a .git directory where I am running 'make'?
>
> Thanks again and best regards,
>
> --
> Mun
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 1:19 PM
> > To: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>; git@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source code
> >
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> > On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote:
> > >I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7. When I run
> > 'make
> > >prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
> > >
> > >fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /tools)
> > >
> > >Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo. Is that
> > correct? Or
> > >have I missed some basic step in the build process?
> >
> > Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run the build.
> > --Randall