Re: working directory status

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Nov 17, 2019, 12:30 UTC
Message-ID: <e5f25791-694d-6b5c-138b-ac99b4f50b13@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <CACKP9cs+eJMtwWJtc3c_TXOUacpaxHUP4Ugw5oSpDfKcABaR7g@mail.gmail.com>

Am 17.11.19 um 12:07 schrieb Sivanandan Srilakshmanan:

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> Hi Pratyush,
> 
> Thank you so so so very much for responding quickly. I am learning git
> to assist my teams skill up on git.
> 
> My current version is v2.23.0 which I downloaded and installed a month
> ago. Nevertheless, I have downloaded and installed v2.24.0 and the
> problem still persists.
> 
> I have the following environment variable set
> GIT_DIR=C:\GitRepo
> GIT_HOME=C:\tools\Git

Setting GIT_DIR without also setting GIT_WORKTREE is not a supported use-case. Therefore, ...

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> C:\test\Local_Newfeature>git branch
> * Local_Kumfeature_branch
>   Local_MyTest_branch
> + Local_Newfeature_branch
> + Local_SGSfeature_branch
>   Local_feature_branch
> 
> 
> C:\test\Local_Newfeature>git worktree list
> C:\GitRepo                (bare)
> C:/test/Local_Kumfeature  b0a097e [Local_Kumfeature_branch]
> C:/test/Local_Newfeature  b0a097e [Local_Newfeature_branch]
> C:/test/Local_SGSfeature  b0a097e [Local_SGSfeature_branch]

... this does not work as expected, ....

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> C:\test\Local_Newfeature>git --work-tree=C:\test\Local_Newfeature status
> On branch Local_Kumfeature_branch
> Your branch is up to date with 'Lakshman/feature_branch'.
> 
> nothing to commit, working tree clean

... but this works (--work-tree is the same as setting GIT_WORKTREE).

Nobody sets GIT_DIR during normal day-to-day work. Do not set it unless you know what you are doing.

-- Hannes