Re: problems with git --git-dir on windows 7

[Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:11 PM, SCHILZ MANFRED <manfred.schilz@bgl.lu> wrote:
> Hello,
> We are using git on windows7(git-version 1.8.1; see below) and we get the following problem in using the command 'git --git-dir='
>
>
> C:\UserTemp\git\appli3>git  --git-dir=C:\UserTemp\git\appli3 tag
> fatal: Not a git repository: 'C:\UserTemp\git\appli3'
>
>
> but the repository is well defined,as we can run the following command:
>
> C:\UserTemp\git\appli3>git log -1 --oneline
> 37cdbe0 Merge branch 'master' of L:/_ApplicationData/FBLU_IT-FLIT/se-DevelopSupp

I have no clue. The --git-dir calls
is_git_directory("C:\\UserTemp\\git\\appli3") while the "git log"
calls is_git_directory("."). The former fails and the latter suceeds..
Copying msysgit@ maybe they know something. Btw what if you try

git --git-dir=. tag

?

>
> When running the equivalent command on Linux, we don't have any problems:
> On Linux:
>>git --git-dir="/tmp/GITPOC/appli3" tag
> V1.0
> V1.1
> V2.0
> V3.0
>
> Could you help me please ?
>
> Best regards
>
> Manfred Schilz
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> C:\UserTemp\git\appli3>git --version
> git version 1.8.1.msysgit.1
>
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