Re: git-send-email no longer works outside a repository?

> I often use git-send-email in order to send patch files. Recently when
> I tried to do this outside a repository I got some cryptic failures,
> I'm using the master branch, git version 2.13.0.311.g0339965c70d6
>
> I generate the patch files and copy them into a separate folder
> outside of the repository, and make sure everything looks good and
> write a cover letter, then I try to send them with
>
> $git send-email --to=<address> 00*
> Can't call method "repo_path" on an undefined value at
> /home/jekeller/libexec/git-core/git-send-email line 1759.
>
> Even weirder, if I move into the repository and try to send files
> which are outside, such as:
>
> $git send-email --to=iwl<address> ../patches/00*
> fatal: /home/jekeller/git/patches/00*:
> '/home/jekeller/git/patches/00*' is outside repository
> format-patch -o /tmp/AZatqXB1uD /home/jekeller/git/patches/00*:
> command returned error: 128
>
> I would expect that if you're outside a repository the command (as
> before) would alllow you to send files. It shouldn't strictly need to
> be inside a repository to function.
>
> I found this first on pu, but as above, I checked out master and still
> seem to have the problem.
>
> I'm working on a bisect now.