Re: Using a git repository on the root directory

[Miguel Ramos <mail@miguel.ramos.name>]

2010/4/17 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>:
> Miguel Ramos <mail@miguel.ramos.name> writes:
>
>> Is it possible with git to use a git repository on the root directory?
>> I'm trying to replace subversion doing this.
>> I have a populated repository elsewhere, I can clone this to an empty
>> directory and then move .git to / to work around the demand that the
>> target directory is empty and at the same time avoid overwriting
>> files.
>> I used this method before to get my home directory versioned with
>> success, so far.
>>
>> When I'm on the root directory, things seem to work minimally. I do
>> git status, etc, and get the expected results.
>> However, if I change say to /etc, or any other directory, for that
>> matter, then git status tells me that every file in the repository is
>> deleted.
>> Adding files doesn't work, nothing works at all.
>>
>> I know this is an unforeseen use of git, however, unforeseen might not
>> imply forbidden.
>> I'm pretty disappointed I couldn't get it working.
>
> The 'nd/root-git' branch (merged into 'master' as v1.7.1-rc0~89)
> might have addressed the issue you are seeing.
>
> --
> Jakub Narebski
> Poland
> ShadeHawk on #git

Yes, that's exactly it.
I tried out v1.7.1-rc1 and it works.

Good thing this got merged into the main branch.
I'm putting * in /.git/info/exclude, so adding files to the repository
must be explicit.
It seems to work, but if anyone knows of any downside to doing this,
please tell me, I'm new to git.

Thanks

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