Patrick Aljord <patcito@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would like to check it from another direcory, I tried the following > command: > > $ git --git-dir=/path/to/my_git_dir status > > and > > $ GIT_DIR='/path/to/my_git_dir' && git status These are actually the same two commands. The --git-dir option just means "set GIT_DIR before calling the real command". However, there are two problems here... > but in both cases I get this error: > fatal: Not a git repository: '/path/to/my_git_dir' Right. That's problem number 1. /path/to/my_git_dir is probably not actually your Git repository. The git repository is actually in ".git", so you really need to use: $ git --git-dir=/path/to/my_git_dir/.git status However, problem number 2 is that status requires a working directory. Setting GIT_DIR explicitly like this tells git that you don't have a working directory present. So status won't work. > yet when I do "$ cd /path/to/my_git_dir && git status" I do get the results. That's what you have to do if you want to run git-status. Or use a subshell as that won't change your current working directory: $ (cd /path/to/my_git_dir && git status) -- Shawn. - 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
