Re: BUG: Wrong error message when access to .git directory denied

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Jonas Berlin <xkr47@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Severity: Low
> Impact: Confusion

;-)

> Git version: 1.9.1
>
> If I don't have permissions to access the .git folder of a non-bare
> git repository, I get the following output:
>
>   fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
>
> Expected output:
>
>   fatal: Permission denied while accessing .git directory

But the thing is, .git being unreadable simply means we do not know
if it is a .git directory, or a random directory that does not have
anything to do with Git that happens to have that name.

So "Not a git repository" is the best Git can say.
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