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Re: permissions

From
Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Jun 5, 2010, 09:50 UTC
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William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> writes:
> After all, it is a git repository, so "Not a git repository"
> is not accurate.
A valid git repository requires more than a .git directory.

$ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/x/.git/ $ rm .git/HEAD $ git status fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Andreas.
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