Hi rsbecker, > -----Original Message----- > From: rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 2:46 PM > To: Mun Johl <Mun.Johl@xxxxxxx>; 'Junio C Hamano' <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source code > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Western Digital. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the > sender and know that the content is safe. > > > On Friday, August 11, 2023 5:15 PM, Mon Johl wrote: > >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 4:39 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> >Subject: Re: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from > >> >source > >> code > >> > > >> ><rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> > > >> >> On Friday, August 11, 2023 3:57 PM, Mun Johl wrote: > >> >>>I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7. When > >> >>>I run > >> >> 'make > >> >>>prefix=/usr/local all doc', I get the following error: > >> >>> > >> >>>fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point > >> >>>/tools) > >> >>> > >> >>>Which I infer means that I need to do the build within a git repo. > >> >>>Is > >> that > >> >> correct? Or > >> >>>have I missed some basic step in the build process? > >> >> > >> >> Yes, you must be in the cloned git repository in order to run the > build. > >> > > >> >Shouldn't we be able to build out of a tarball? > >> > >> I don't get the impression he started with a tarball, so subsequently > >> sent the doc ref for that. Using just "make" is not sufficient from a > >> tarball.[Mun] > > > >[Mun] Thank you both for the information you have provided! It turns out I > did in fact > >start from the tar-ball "git-2.41.0.tar.xz" which I downloaded from > >https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ . And then I ran the > 'make' > >command. The process went something like this (basically identical to what > Junio > >documented): > > > >$ tar xf git-2.41.0.tar.xz > >$ cd git-2.41.0 > >$ make prefix=/usr/local all doc > > > >And with the above 'make' command I got the fatal error. > > > >I consulted the Getting-Started-Installing-Git web page that rsbecker > referenced, and > >it basically matches the above--except it uses the 'make configure' > process. So I tried > >that method as well, but when I got to the 'make all doc info' step, I > again got the > >same fatal error. > > > >Due to some "security precautions", I am unable to use 'git clone > >https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git' to download the source code. > But I can try > >to figure out a workaround for that if that is my only option at this point > to > >successfully compile git. > > Did you run 'make configure' before using 'make prefix=/usr/local all doc' ? [Mun] My apologies for not providing that data previously: Yes, I did run 'make configure' prior to 'make prefix=/usr/local all doc'. Regards, -- Mun
