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From: Filip Gospodinov <filip.gospodinov@monetas.net>
To: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>, Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Cc: Filip Gospodinov <filip.gospodinov@monetas.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git submodule ignores --git-dir
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:25:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <55F6CADA.9000100@monetas.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150911152807.GA17201@serenity.lan>

On 11.09.2015 17:15, Jens Lehmann wrote:
> Unfortunately trying to show git the right work tree:
>
> $ git --git-dir=$PWD/repo2/.git --work-tree=$PWD/repo2 submodule update --init
>
> Didn't work as I expected it to either:
>
> fatal: /home/Sledge/libexec/git-core/git-submodule cannot be used without a
> working tree.

Yes, that's confusing. I'm not sure how other commands use the --work-tree flag
and if having the git-submodule script `cd` into the work tree would be
acceptable. What do you think?

On 11.09.2015 17:28, John Keeping wrote:
> There's also "git -C /path/to/repo" which avoids the need for a separate
> "cd".
> 

Thank you, that works!

  reply	other threads:[~2015-09-14 13:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-10 20:06 git submodule ignores --git-dir Filip Gospodinov
2015-09-11 15:15 ` Jens Lehmann
2015-09-11 15:28   ` John Keeping
2015-09-14 13:25     ` Filip Gospodinov [this message]
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2015-09-10 20:06 Filip Gospodinov

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