"fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source code

>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
>
>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /tools)
>
>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo.  Is that

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>
>> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 1:23 PM
>> To: rsbecker@nexbridge.com; git@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from
>> source code
>>
>> Hi Randall,
>>
>> Thank you for your quick reply.
>>
>> I'm just wondering... Can I "trick" the compilation process by simply

>directory where I am running 'make'?
>>
>> Thanks again and best regards,
>>
>> --
>> Mun
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
>> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 1:19 PM
>> > To: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>; git@vger.kernel.org
>> > Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from
>> > source code
>> >
>> > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Western Digital. Do
>> > not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender

>that the content is safe.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote:
>> > >I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.  When
>> > >I run
>> > 'make
>> > >prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
>> > >
>> > >fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point
>> > >/tools)
>> > >
>> > >Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo.
>> > >Is that
>> > correct?  Or
>> > >have I missed some basic step in the build process?
>> >
>> > Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run the

> On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote:
>>I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.  When I run
> 'make
>>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
>>
>>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /tools)
>>
>>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo.  Is that
> correct?  Or
>>have I missed some basic step in the build process?
>
> Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run the build.

> <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>
>> On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote:
>>>I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.  When I run
>> 'make
>>>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
>>>
>>>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /tools)
>>>
>>>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo.  Is that
>> correct?  Or
>>>have I missed some basic step in the build process?
>>
>> Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run the build.
>
> Shouldn't we be able to build out of a tarball?

>
><rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>
>> On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote:
>>>I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.  When I run
>> 'make
>>>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
>>>
>>>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /tools)
>>>
>>>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo.  Is

>> correct?  Or
>>>have I missed some basic step in the build process?
>>
>> Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run the build.
>
>Shouldn't we be able to build out of a tarball?

> On Friday, August 11, 2023 4:39 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >Subject: Re: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source
> code
> >
> ><rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
> >
> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote:
> >>>I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.  When I run
> >> 'make
> >>>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
> >>>
> >>>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /tools)
> >>>
> >>>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo.  Is
> that
> >> correct?  Or
> >>>have I missed some basic step in the build process?
> >>
> >> Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run the build.
> >
> >Shouldn't we be able to build out of a tarball?
> 
> I don't get the impression he started with a tarball, so subsequently sent
> the doc ref for that. Using just "make" is not sufficient from a tarball.[Mun] 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 2:46 PM
> To: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>
> Cc: rsbecker@nexbridge.com; git@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source code
> 
> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Western Digital. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the
> sender and know that the content is safe.
> 
> 
> Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com> writes:
> 
> > Due to some "security precautions", I am unable to use 'git clone
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git' to download the source
> > code.  But I can try to figure out a workaround for that if that
> > is my only option at this point to successfully compile git.
> 
> If building from tarball extract fails with "not a git repository"
> there is something very wrong with what you are doing, and we do not
> know what it is.
> 
> Most likely cause new folks fail to build from the source is lack of
> necessary development libraries and packages that need to be
> installed in their build environment, but I am reasonably certain
> that if a tarball extract build is failing due to their environment,
> build in a clone of the source repository would fail for exactly the
> same reason.

>> On Friday, August 11, 2023 4:39 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> >Subject: Re: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from
>> >source
>> code
>> >
>> ><rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>> >
>> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote:
>> >>>I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.  When
>> >>>I run
>> >> 'make
>> >>>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
>> >>>
>> >>>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point
>> >>>/tools)
>> >>>
>> >>>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo.
>> >>>Is
>> that
>> >> correct?  Or
>> >>>have I missed some basic step in the build process?
>> >>
>> >> Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run the

>> >
>> >Shouldn't we be able to build out of a tarball?
>>
>> I don't get the impression he started with a tarball, so subsequently
>> sent the doc ref for that. Using just "make" is not sufficient from a
>> tarball.[Mun]
>
>[Mun] Thank you both for the information you have provided!  It turns out I

>documented):
>
>$ tar xf git-2.41.0.tar.xz
>$ cd git-2.41.0
>$ make prefix=/usr/local all doc
>
>And with the above 'make' command I got the fatal error.
>
>I consulted the Getting-Started-Installing-Git web page that rsbecker

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 2:46 PM
> To: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>; 'Junio C Hamano' <gitster@pobox.com>
> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source code
> 
> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Western Digital. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the
> sender and know that the content is safe.
> 
> 
> On Friday, August 11, 2023 5:15 PM, Mon Johl wrote:
> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 4:39 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >> >Subject: Re: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from
> >> >source
> >> code
> >> >
> >> ><rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
> >> >
> >> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote:
> >> >>>I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.  When
> >> >>>I run
> >> >> 'make
> >> >>>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point
> >> >>>/tools)
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo.
> >> >>>Is
> >> that
> >> >> correct?  Or
> >> >>>have I missed some basic step in the build process?
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run the
> build.
> >> >
> >> >Shouldn't we be able to build out of a tarball?
> >>
> >> I don't get the impression he started with a tarball, so subsequently
> >> sent the doc ref for that. Using just "make" is not sufficient from a
> >> tarball.[Mun]
> >
> >[Mun] Thank you both for the information you have provided!  It turns out I
> did in fact
> >start from the tar-ball "git-2.41.0.tar.xz" which I downloaded from
> >https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ .  And then I ran the
> 'make'
> >command.  The process went something like this (basically identical to what
> Junio
> >documented):
> >
> >$ tar xf git-2.41.0.tar.xz
> >$ cd git-2.41.0
> >$ make prefix=/usr/local all doc
> >
> >And with the above 'make' command I got the fatal error.
> >
> >I consulted the Getting-Started-Installing-Git web page that rsbecker
> referenced, and
> >it basically matches the above--except it uses the 'make configure'
> process.  So I tried
> >that method as well, but when I got to the 'make all doc info' step, I
> again got the
> >same fatal error.
> >
> >Due to some "security precautions", I am unable to use 'git clone
> >https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git' to download the source code.
> But I can try
> >to figure out a workaround for that if that is my only option at this point
> to
> >successfully compile git.
> 
> Did you run 'make configure' before using 'make prefix=/usr/local all doc' ?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>
>Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2023 1:33 AM
>To: rsbecker@nexbridge.com; 'Junio C Hamano' <gitster@pobox.com>
>Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
>Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source

>
>Hi rsbecker,
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
>> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 2:46 PM
>> To: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>; 'Junio C Hamano' <gitster@pobox.com>
>> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from
>> source code
>>
>> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Western Digital. Do not
>> click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and

>the content is safe.
>>
>>
>> On Friday, August 11, 2023 5:15 PM, Mon Johl wrote:
>> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 4:39 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> >> >Subject: Re: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make'
>> >> >from source
>> >> code
>> >> >
>> >> ><rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote:
>> >> >>>I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.
>> >> >>>When I run
>> >> >> 'make
>> >> >>>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point
>> >> >>>/tools)
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo.
>> >> >>>Is
>> >> that
>> >> >> correct?  Or
>> >> >>>have I missed some basic step in the build process?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run
>> >> >> the
>> build.
>> >> >
>> >> >Shouldn't we be able to build out of a tarball?
>> >>
>> >> I don't get the impression he started with a tarball, so
>> >> subsequently sent the doc ref for that. Using just "make" is not
>> >> sufficient from a tarball.[Mun]
>> >
>> >[Mun] Thank you both for the information you have provided!  It turns
>> >out I
>> did in fact
>> >start from the tar-ball "git-2.41.0.tar.xz" which I downloaded from
>> >https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ .  And then I
>> >ran the
>> 'make'
>> >command.  The process went something like this (basically identical
>> >to what
>> Junio
>> >documented):
>> >
>> >$ tar xf git-2.41.0.tar.xz
>> >$ cd git-2.41.0
>> >$ make prefix=/usr/local all doc
>> >
>> >And with the above 'make' command I got the fatal error.
>> >
>> >I consulted the Getting-Started-Installing-Git web page that rsbecker
>> referenced, and
>> >it basically matches the above--except it uses the 'make configure'
>> process.  So I tried
>> >that method as well, but when I got to the 'make all doc info' step,
>> >I
>> again got the
>> >same fatal error.
>> >
>> >Due to some "security precautions", I am unable to use 'git clone
>> >https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git' to download the source code.
>> But I can try
>> >to figure out a workaround for that if that is my only option at this
>> >point
>> to
>> >successfully compile git.
>>
>> Did you run 'make configure' before using 'make prefix=/usr/local all

>configure' prior to 'make prefix=/usr/local all doc'.
>
>Regards,
>
>--
>Mun

>> Rather than asking one line at a time, can you provide the complete
>> log, input and output of the attempted operation, including the
>> download and tar?[Mun]
>
>[Mun] I downloaded "git-2.41.0.tar.xz" from
>https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ .  Then I ran:
>
>$ unxz git-2.41.0.tar.xz
>$ tar xvf git-2.41.0.tar
>$ cd git-2.41.0
>$ make configure
>
>The output of the above command was:
>
>GIT_VERSION = 2.41.0
>    GEN configure
>
>$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local |& tee configure_20230814a_RHEL7.out

>
>Thank you and regards,
>
>--
>Mun
>
>> Thanks,
>> Randall
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>
>> >Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2023 1:33 AM
>> >To: rsbecker@nexbridge.com; 'Junio C Hamano' <gitster@pobox.com>
>> >Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
>> >Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from
>> >source
>> code
>> >
>> >Hi rsbecker,
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
>> >> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 2:46 PM
>> >> To: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@wdc.com>; 'Junio C Hamano'
>> >> <gitster@pobox.com>
>> >> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
>> >> Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make'
>> >> from source code
>> >>
>> >> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Western Digital. Do
>> >> not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the
>> >> sender and
>> know that
>> >the content is safe.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 5:15 PM, Mon Johl wrote:
>> >> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 4:39 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> >> >> >Subject: Re: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make'
>> >> >> >from source
>> >> >> code
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> ><rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote:
>> >> >> >>>I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.
>> >> >> >>>When I run
>> >> >> >> 'make
>> >> >> >>>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error:
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point
>> >> >> >>>/tools)
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git

>> >> >> >>>Is
>> >> >> that
>> >> >> >> correct?  Or
>> >> >> >>>have I missed some basic step in the build process?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run
>> >> >> >> the
>> >> build.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Shouldn't we be able to build out of a tarball?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I don't get the impression he started with a tarball, so
>> >> >> subsequently sent the doc ref for that. Using just "make" is not
>> >> >> sufficient from a tarball.[Mun]
>> >> >
>> >> >[Mun] Thank you both for the information you have provided!  It
>> >> >turns out I
>> >> did in fact
>> >> >start from the tar-ball "git-2.41.0.tar.xz" which I downloaded
>> >> >from https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ .  And
>> >> >then I ran the
>> >> 'make'
>> >> >command.  The process went something like this (basically
>> >> >identical to what
>> >> Junio
>> >> >documented):
>> >> >
>> >> >$ tar xf git-2.41.0.tar.xz
>> >> >$ cd git-2.41.0
>> >> >$ make prefix=/usr/local all doc
>> >> >
>> >> >And with the above 'make' command I got the fatal error.
>> >> >
>> >> >I consulted the Getting-Started-Installing-Git web page that
>> >> >rsbecker
>> >> referenced, and
>> >> >it basically matches the above--except it uses the 'make configure'
>> >> process.  So I tried
>> >> >that method as well, but when I got to the 'make all doc info'
>> >> >step, I
>> >> again got the
>> >> >same fatal error.
>> >> >
>> >> >Due to some "security precautions", I am unable to use 'git clone
>> >> >https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git' to download the source

>> >> But I can try
>> >> >to figure out a workaround for that if that is my only option at
>> >> >this point
>> >> to
>> >> >successfully compile git.
>> >>
>> >> Did you run 'make configure' before using 'make prefix=/usr/local
>> >> all
>> doc' ?
>> >
>> >[Mun] My apologies for not providing that data previously: Yes, I did
>> >run
>> 'make
>> >configure' prior to 'make prefix=/usr/local all doc'.

> >> >[Mun] My apologies for not providing that data previously: Yes, I did
> >> >run
> >> 'make
> >> >configure' prior to 'make prefix=/usr/local all doc'.
> 
> So this looks just like it is dependencies (like asciidoc), but the
> procedure for configuring and running the git make looks correct. Yes?

> Hi,
> 
> Mun Johl wrote:
> > I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.
> 
> This isn't a direct answer to the question (which Randall
> and Junio have covered well), but if you're interested, I
> build git-2.41.0 for RHEL/CentOS 7 (as well as newer
> RHEL/Rocky/Alma and Fedora release) in the Fedora Copr
> ("Community projects"):
> 
>     https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/git-maint/git/
> 
> I currently maintain the git package in Fedora and try to
> ensure it always builds for all supported RHEL releases¹.
> 
> For RHEL/CentOS 7, the steps to install would be:
> 
>     yum install yum-plugin-copr
>     yum copr enable @git-maint/git
>     yum install git
> 
> The upside is that it's a current git build packaged the
> same as the RHEL package.  The downside is that it updates
> the RHEL package, which may not be acceptable in your
> environment.
> 
> It's certainly a big jump from 1.8.3.1 to 2.41.0.  I had
> forgotten how ancient the RHEL 7 git package was. :)
> 
> Alternately, building a git package for RHEL 7 from the
> current Fedora git package is another option, if you'd
> rather have an rpm to install on multiple hosts.
> 
> ¹ I may not continue this due to Red Hat's recent decision
>   to restrict access to RHEL source code, unfortunately.[Mun]