Re: [PATCH 2/5] Fix setup of $GIT_DIR in git-sh-setup.sh

["Lars Hjemli" <hjemli@gmail.com>]

On Feb 18, 2008 6:44 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Since .git can be a file refering to the real GIT_DIR, git-sh-setup needs
> > to use 'git rev-parse --git-dir' to obtain the location of the git
> > repository.
>
> I wonder if this depend on your [1/5].  Isn't this actually a
> simplification (removing 7 adding 5 lines) that applies to the
> mainline already?

True. I'll resend as [1/5] with a fixed up commit message.

> > @@ -127,20 +127,18 @@ get_author_ident_from_commit () {
> >  # if we require to be in a git repository.
> >  if test -z "$NONGIT_OK"
> >  then
> > +     GIT_DIR=$(git rev-parse --git-dir) || {
> > +             exit=$?
> > +             echo >&2 "Failed to find a valid git directory."
> > +             exit $exit
>
> rev-parse --git-dir would have said "fatal: Not a git
> repository" already.  Do we still need to say "Failed to
> find..."?
>

Absolutely not. Thanks.

-- 
larsh