"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I tried this: > > mkdir xyz > cd xyz > git --git-dir=../xyz.git > # Initialized empty Git repository in ../xyz.git/ > echo Junk > file-a > git --git-dir=../xyz.git add . > # fatal: add cannot be used in a bare git directory > > I expected that "GIT_DIR is bare, over there, stuff is here" works the same > as "GIT_DIR is .git, right here among stuff". > -- > Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org > Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 > Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 > Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 - 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