Re: [PATCH 2/5] Fix setup of $GIT_DIR in git-sh-setup.sh

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> writes:

> Since .git can be a file refering to the real GIT_DIR, git-sh-setup needs
> to use 'git rev-parse --git-dir' to obtain the location of the git
> repository.

I wonder if this depend on your [1/5].  Isn't this actually a
simplification (removing 7 adding 5 lines) that applies to the
mainline already?  IOW, is there a downside of doing this
without any of the rest of the series?

> @@ -127,20 +127,18 @@ get_author_ident_from_commit () {
>  # if we require to be in a git repository.
>  if test -z "$NONGIT_OK"
>  then
> +	GIT_DIR=$(git rev-parse --git-dir) || {
> +		exit=$?
> +		echo >&2 "Failed to find a valid git directory."
> +		exit $exit

rev-parse --git-dir would have said "fatal: Not a git
repository" already.  Do we still need to say "Failed to
find..."?