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From: "Patrick Aljord" <patcito@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: executing git from a non git directory
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:55:33 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6b6419750707212355q48a934e4n3be0d6111694ad01@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hey all,

I have my git directory that is in /path/to/my_git_dir

I would like to check it from another direcory, I tried the following command:

$ git --git-dir=/path/to/my_git_dir status

and

$ GIT_DIR='/path/to/my_git_dir' && git status

but in both cases I get this error:
fatal: Not a git repository: '/path/to/my_git_dir'

yet when I do "$ cd /path/to/my_git_dir && git status" I do get the results.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong or if there's a way to check a git dir
from a non git dir?

thanx in advance

Pat

             reply	other threads:[~2007-07-22  6:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-22  6:55 Patrick Aljord [this message]
2007-07-22  7:07 ` executing git from a non git directory Shawn O. Pearce
2007-07-22  7:11 ` Jeff King
2007-07-22 19:02   ` Patrick Aljord

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