Re: bug with .git file and aliases

[Geoffrey Irving <irving@naml.us>]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Santi Béjar<santi@agolina.net> wrote:
> 2009/7/20 Geoffrey Irving <irving@naml.us>:
>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Santi Béjar<santi@agolina.net> wrote:
>>> I suspect that the $GIR_DIR and .git file works equally in this
>>> aspect, so you should specify where is the workdir in .git/config with
>>> respect the repository:
>>>
>>> git config core.workdir `pwd`
>>
>> Nope, that has no effect.
>
> Here it has the desired effect. From where did you run the above
> command? What is the output of:
>
> git config core.workdir

top:a% git config core.workdir
/Users/irving/tmp/tmp/repo
top:a% git st
# On branch master
# Changed but not updated:
#   (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#	deleted:    a/b
#
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#	b

It doesn't matter, though, since setting workdir should not be necessary.

Geoffrey