Miguel Ramos <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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