Re: Unix root dir as a work tree

[Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>]

2010/2/8 João Carlos Mendes Luís <jonny@jonny.eng.br>:
> Hi,
>
>   Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I could not find any reference.
>
>   I have been using CVS as a version control system for unix configuration
> files for a long time.  I know it has some limitations, and I know git also
> has its.  But I expect to work around all of them using etckeeper.
>
>   The problem is that etckeeper was created with /etc only in mind, and I
> want to keep track of important files everywhere, not only below /etc (think
> /opt, /usr/local).  The obvious solution appear to create the repository at
> the system root, and not at /etc, but it did not work.  I think, because of
> a bug.
>
>  Now, I have a patch that appears to work, but since I am a beginner to git,
> I don't know if this is the best way to implement it, if it has any side
> effects, or even if it works for other operating systems (probably they
> don't even have the bug).  Would any git wizard care to look at it, check if
> it is ok, and maybe commit in HEAD or give me any advice against my patch?

How did you set GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE? What command failed?
-- 
Duy