Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > Hi, > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: >> >> > When calling git_setup_directory_gently, and GIT_DIR was set, it just >> > ignored the variable nongit_ok. >> >> Hmph. Is this really a breakage? That is, gently() is meant >> for a case where you do not know if you even find a git >> repository and tell it not to complain because you are prepared >> for the case where you are not in a git repository. > > Yes, it is a breakage: in git-clone, line 212, we explicitely set GIT_DIR > (to the not-yet-existing repository path), and call git-init-db. Now, with > the alias thing we need to get the config if it exists, so we _got_ to > call gently(). Boom. Hmph. Would it be a bug in clone that does not create GIT_DIR then? - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html