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git commands that only work correctly at top directory

From
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 22, 2006, 09:21 UTC
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Here is the list (checks are done in with 1.4.2.rc4): count-objects (always 0 objects, 0 kilobytes) bisect (fatal: Not a git repository: '.git'. Bad HEAD - I need a symbolic ref) describe (fatal: Not a valid object name HEAD) repack (line 42: cd: .git/objects/pack: No such file or directory. And it creates a new .git directory in current directory) git format-patch in subdir generates files in topdir instead of current dir as documented in its man page

BTW, either git blame or git annotate should be available in git help's listing. git format-patch with no argument shows nothing. It should show help usage instead. I might miss some commands because I only tested commands I'm familiar with.

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Duy
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Message 1 of 12 in “git commands that only work correctly at top directory”
  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 22, 2006
  2. format-patch: use cwd as default output directoryMatthias Lederhofer, Sep 22, 2006
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 28, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2006
  5. git-format-patch: fix bug using -o in subdirectoriesMatthias Lederhofer, Sep 28, 2006
  6. Matthias LederhoferSep 22, 2006
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 22, 2006
  8. Petr BaudisSep 23, 2006
  9. git-repack: allow git-repack to run in subdirectoryJeff King, Sep 22, 2006
  10. Thomas KolejkaSep 22, 2006
  11. git-repack: allow git-repack to run in subdirectoryJeff King, Sep 25, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2006

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