I'm having the same issue. Did it ever get resolved, or is there a hack to fix it, or is there some link I can track it on? Thanks in advance for the help! Charles Brossollet wrote > > Charles Brossollet <chbrosso <at> lltech.fr> writes: > Using MSysGit 1.7.9 on Win7 (64 bit), I have a repo with the following > structure: > > main/ > src/ > ext/ > submodule/ > modules/module1 > modules/module2 > > submodule is... a submodule, having itself submodules. > > When I query submodule status --recursive in main/, no problem. > But when I query submodule status in ext/submodule, I get error "You need > to > run this command from the toplevel of the working tree.", which is a wrong > error message. > > Searching for message in git source I found the test triggering the > message to > be an empty result for "git rev-parse --show-cdup". Running the command in > ext/submodule strangely returns the *absolute* path of ext/submodule, > which > should not happen because this command returns path of current dir > relative to > the containing working tree. > > Is there something wrong with my repo? Or have I found a bug? Any help > appreciated > Charles Brossollet wrote > > Charles Brossollet <chbrosso <at> lltech.fr> writes: > >> Searching for message in git source I found the test triggering the >> message to >> be an empty result for "git rev-parse --show-cdup". Running the command >> in >> ext/submodule strangely returns the *absolute* path of ext/submodule, >> which >> should not happen because this command returns path of current dir >> relative to >> the containing working tree. > > Things are OK if I run the commands from Windows' CMD, but it fails when > run in > MinGW shell, so I believe the problem is related to MsysGit, discussion > follows > up on their list. > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@.kernel > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- View this message in context: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Submodule-status-inside-nested-submodule-fails-tp7314413p7540130.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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