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
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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