2010/4/17 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx>: > 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 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 -- Miguel Ramos <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> PGP A006A14C -- 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