# issues(?) installing git-lfs via fedora "dnf" command 5 messages from 2018-05-21 to 2018-05-21. Participants: Robert P. J. Day, Jonathan Nieder. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/48534 ## Robert P. J. Day, 2018-05-21 10:31 Subject: issues(?) installing git-lfs via fedora "dnf" command Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.LFD.2.21.1805210625410.6679%40localhost.localdomain ``` first, i realize this is almost entirely a fedora packaging issue and i'm planning on reporting it there, but i just want to make sure i'm not doing something stupid. knowing nothing about the git-lfs package, i thought i would install it and just poke around out of sheer curiosity, so on my fully-updated fedora 28 system, i ran: $ sudo dnf install git-lfs which did in fact install that package, but also generated (abridged version): ... snip ... Running transaction Preparing : Installing : git-lfs-2.4.0-1.fc28.x86_64 Running scriptlet: git-lfs-2.4.0-1.fc28.x86_64 Error: Failed to call git rev-parse --git-dir --show-toplevel: "fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git\n" Git LFS initialized. Verifying : git-lfs-2.4.0-1.fc28.x86_64 Installed: git-lfs.x86_64 2.4.0-1.fc28 is one supposed to be *in* a git repository when installing, because i was in fact at the top level of my linux kernel source repo, so i'm unclear on what that "Error" is trying to tell me. am i just being clueless? is this something that i should submit as a fedora packaging issue? rday ``` ## Jonathan Nieder, 2018-05-21 17:03 Subject: Re: issues(?) installing git-lfs via fedora "dnf" command Message-ID: <20180521170353.GA10623@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20180521170353.GA10623%40aiede.svl.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: ``` Robert P. J. Day wrote: > $ sudo dnf install git-lfs [...] > Running transaction > Preparing : > Installing : git-lfs-2.4.0-1.fc28.x86_64 > Running scriptlet: git-lfs-2.4.0-1.fc28.x86_64 > Error: Failed to call git rev-parse --git-dir --show-toplevel: "fatal: > not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git\n" [...] > is one supposed to be *in* a git repository when installing, because i > was in fact at the top level of my linux kernel source repo, so i'm > unclear on what that "Error" is trying to tell me. am i just being > clueless? is this something that i should submit as a fedora packaging > issue? Yes, this looks like something that should be reported as a Fedora packaging issue. The packager should be able to find out whether it's an issue in git-lfs upstream and report it to that project if it is. Git-lfs is not part of git.git; it's a separate project: https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md I believe they use github's issue tracker to track bugs. Thanks, Jonathan ``` ## Robert P. J. Day, 2018-05-21 17:04 Subject: Re: issues(?) installing git-lfs via fedora "dnf" command Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.LFD.2.21.1805211303260.19892%40localhost.localdomain In-Reply-To: <20180521170353.GA10623@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> ``` On Mon, 21 May 2018, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > $ sudo dnf install git-lfs > [...] > > Running transaction > > Preparing : > > Installing : git-lfs-2.4.0-1.fc28.x86_64 > > Running scriptlet: git-lfs-2.4.0-1.fc28.x86_64 > > Error: Failed to call git rev-parse --git-dir --show-toplevel: "fatal: > > not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git\n" > [...] > > is one supposed to be *in* a git repository when installing, because i > > was in fact at the top level of my linux kernel source repo, so i'm > > unclear on what that "Error" is trying to tell me. am i just being > > clueless? is this something that i should submit as a fedora packaging > > issue? > > Yes, this looks like something that should be reported as a Fedora > packaging issue. > > The packager should be able to find out whether it's an issue in > git-lfs upstream and report it to that project if it is. Git-lfs is > not part of git.git; it's a separate project: > https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md > I believe they use github's issue tracker to track bugs. it would *appear* that this is a combination of both a git issue, and a red hat packaging issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1580357 https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/3013 rday ``` ## Jonathan Nieder, 2018-05-21 17:14 Subject: Re: issues(?) installing git-lfs via fedora "dnf" command Message-ID: <20180521171405.GB10623@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20180521171405.GB10623%40aiede.svl.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hi, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Mon, 21 May 2018, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> The packager should be able to find out whether it's an issue in >> git-lfs upstream and report it to that project if it is. Git-lfs is >> not part of git.git; it's a separate project: >> https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md >> I believe they use github's issue tracker to track bugs. > > it would *appear* that this is a combination of both a git issue, > and a red hat packaging issue: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1580357 > https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/3013 Can you clarify? Neither of those bugs points to a git issue if I understand correctly. They may be a git-lfs issue, though. This kind of confusion is exactly why the Git project adopted a trademark policy to prevent outside projects from identifying themselves with Git: https://git-scm.com/about/trademark. Unfortunately Git LFS's existence precedes that policy. I believe they got permission to continue using the name, confusing as it is. Thanks, Jonathan ``` ## Robert P. J. Day, 2018-05-21 17:16 Subject: Re: issues(?) installing git-lfs via fedora "dnf" command Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.LFD.2.21.1805211315290.20433%40localhost.localdomain In-Reply-To: <20180521171405.GB10623@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> ``` On Mon, 21 May 2018, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Mon, 21 May 2018, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > >> The packager should be able to find out whether it's an issue in > >> git-lfs upstream and report it to that project if it is. Git-lfs is > >> not part of git.git; it's a separate project: > >> https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md > >> I believe they use github's issue tracker to track bugs. > > > > it would *appear* that this is a combination of both a git issue, > > and a red hat packaging issue: > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1580357 > > https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/3013 > > Can you clarify? Neither of those bugs points to a git issue if I > understand correctly. They may be a git-lfs issue, though. sorry, i mistyped, i should have said a "git-lfs issue". rday ```