Hi Jeff:
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 02:16:07PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
>
> Without looking, I would not be surprised if it is a side effect of
> git trying to look up help-related config.
That explains what's happening. cmd_help() calls git_config(). Though
it seems it would be more, uh, helpful, if help produced basic usage
output no matter what, and then produce the more detailed config based
output if possible.
> Probably it is calling "setup_git_directory_gently" and ignoring an
> error return, but there is a die() inside that function. The bug
> then is that the _gently form is calling die().
Yep. setup.c, lines 391 and 392 (master branch):
if (chdir(".."))
die_errno("Cannot change to '%s/..'", cwd);
> As for fixing the setup code, I am sadly way behind on my git queue and
> not likely to catch up to this anytime soon. So if anybody feels like
> taking a stab at it, that would be very welcome.
Is there a bug tracker y'all use where I can enter a ticket?
Thanks,
--Dan
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