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

[Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>]

On 06/01, Jacob Keller wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jake

This looks like it is due to '6489660b4
(origin/jt/send-email-validate-hook) send-email: support validate hook'.
It's trying to look for a hook in a non-existent repository.

-- 
Brandon Williams