I think you also need to set GIT_WORK_TREE.
This way Git will know the root of directories that it controls.
- Dmitry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Zwell" <dzwell@xxxxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.version-control.git
To: <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, 5 August 2007 2:58
Subject: $GIT_DIR usage
Hi, I had a question about $GIT_DIR. That is to say, it doesn't seem to
work. I am using Git 1.5.2.4. See the following: (all the commands I
tried besides "git-init" failed).
$ export GIT_DIR="`pwd`/.git_public"
$ git init
warning: templates not found /usr/share//git-core/templates/
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/user/temp/.git_public/
$ echo > new_file
$ git add new_file
fatal: add must be run in a work tree
$ git commit -a
fatal: /usr/bin/git-commit cannot be used without a working tree.
$ git commit
fatal: /usr/bin/git-commit cannot be used without a working tree.
$
Is $GIT_DIR not meant to be used this way? Does it have a different
purpose / use case, or is this just a bug?
Thanks,
Dan
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