Hi, On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Uwe Kleine-K?nig wrote: > Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > > --- > > > > This fixes "git --work-tree=/some/where/else checkout-index". > > > > git.c | 3 ++- > > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/git.c b/git.c > > index 25b8274..f8c4545 100644 > > --- a/git.c > > +++ b/git.c > > @@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv) > > { "branch", cmd_branch, RUN_SETUP }, > > { "bundle", cmd_bundle }, > > { "cat-file", cmd_cat_file, RUN_SETUP }, > > - { "checkout-index", cmd_checkout_index, RUN_SETUP }, > > + { "checkout-index", cmd_checkout_index, > > + RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE}, > > { "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format }, > > { "check-attr", cmd_check_attr, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE }, > > { "cherry", cmd_cherry, RUN_SETUP }, > With this patch I'm not able to do > > git checkout-index --prefix=/tmp/exportdir -a > > to export an entire tree as described in git-checkout-index(1) in a bare > repo. That is _completely_ expected. If it is a bare repository, you can _only_ override that check by GIT_WORK_TREE or --work-tree. But I have to wonder: if you want to use git checkout-index, which is a work-tree operation, why did you mark it as bare to begin with? Ciao, Dscho - 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