checkout detached work tree

From: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
Date: Mar 18, 2008, 23:32 UTC
Message-ID: <slrnfu0k9d.kfv.joerg@alea.gnuu.de>

Hi,

is it correct that this checkout fails?

% git --git-dir=$HOME/git/git/.git --work-tree=/tmp/git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master % git --git-dir=$HOME/git/git/.git --work-tree=/tmp/git checkout fatal: /usr/bin/git-checkout cannot be used without a working tree.

I want to do a checkout in a script without need to worry about the current working directory. But it seams this is not possible. Many commands fail. Is this behaviour expected?

Bye, Jörg.

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