On 4/19/22 18:26, Nathan Neulinger wrote: > However, if you do a 'git diff' - such as what you might naturally do right before attempting a 'git commit' - you do NOT get any useful response: > > root@SERVER:/local/APPNAME/bin# git diff > warning: Not a git repository. Use --no-index to compare two paths outside a working tree > usage: git diff --no-index [<options>] <path> <path> > ...snip-long-diff-help... > > Please consider a small improvement to have the git diff help output (if displayed due to the repo exclusion warning) - ALSO display the 'git config' suggestion at the end of the output, instead of me having to remember - oh, go issue status to get the command hint to go set the exclusion. Would also be useful to have the git diff output do the same 'unsafe repository' message about ownership. > I assumed that you have /local/APPNAME/bin shared by users (maybe via NFS or something else), right? I agreed with your suggestion. Also, I think usage help for git diff in this case just add noise. -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
