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From: Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@genestate.com>
To: Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: shell script calling git fails when called from scheduler
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:19:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110325221914.GA11156@genestate.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0v62r6q2lm.fsf@gmail.com>

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On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 03:04:05PM -0700, Markus Heller wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have the following batch shell script (org-git-synch.bat):
> 
> @ECHO OFF
> 
> REM get date and time
> for /f "delims=" %%a in ('date/t') do @set mydate=%%a
> for /f "delims=" %%a in ('time/t') do @set mytime=%%a
> set fvar=%mydate%%mytime%
> 
> REM add all new files
> call git add .
> call git commit -a -m "Automated commit by org-git-sync.bat on %fvar%"
> 
> The script resides in h:/org/; and I have a working git repository in
> this directory (in h:/org/.git).
> 
> I can run the script from the command line no problem, but when I try to
> run it from the Windoze scheduler, all I get is a cmd window saying:
> 
> fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
> fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
> 
> I did re-initialize the repository, but that didn't matter, since git
> status and everything else works fine from the command line.  I'm on Win
> 7 Pro 64 bit SP 1.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks and Cheers
> Markus

At a guess (I dont use the windows scheduler), the working directory of the batch file
is not being set to h:/org

I dont know if there is a way to tell the windows scheduler what the working directory
should be, so maybe try cd'ing to h:/org at the start of your script?

HTH

Matt

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-25 22:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-25 22:04 shell script calling git fails when called from scheduler Markus Heller
2011-03-25 22:19 ` Matt Harrison [this message]
2011-03-25 23:03   ` Markus Heller

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