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From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
To: "Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 1.5.0.rc1.g4494: Can't use a bare GIT_DIR to add
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:33:20 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7v7ivsup3z.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200701121545.l0CFjMC1017088@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> (Horst H. von Brand's message of "Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:45:22 -0300")

"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> writes:

> I tried this:
>   
>   mkdir xyz
>   cd xyz
>   git --git-dir=../xyz.git   
>      # Initialized empty Git repository in ../xyz.git/
>   echo Junk > file-a
>   git --git-dir=../xyz.git add .
>      # fatal: add cannot be used in a bare git directory
>
> I expected that "GIT_DIR is bare, over there, stuff is here" works the same
> as "GIT_DIR is .git, right here among stuff".
> -- 
> Dr. Horst H. von Brand                   User #22616 counter.li.org
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-12 17:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-12 15:45 1.5.0.rc1.g4494: Can't use a bare GIT_DIR to add Horst H. von Brand
2007-01-12 17:33 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2007-01-12 17:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-01-12 20:15   ` Horst H. von Brand
2007-01-12 21:33     ` Junio C Hamano

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