Lars Hjemli <hjemli@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Since .git can be a file refering to the real GIT_DIR, git-sh-setup needs > to use 'git rev-parse --git-dir' to obtain the location of the git > repository. I wonder if this depend on your [1/5]. Isn't this actually a simplification (removing 7 adding 5 lines) that applies to the mainline already? IOW, is there a downside of doing this without any of the rest of the series? > @@ -127,20 +127,18 @@ get_author_ident_from_commit () { > # if we require to be in a git repository. > if test -z "$NONGIT_OK" > then > + GIT_DIR=$(git rev-parse --git-dir) || { > + exit=$? > + echo >&2 "Failed to find a valid git directory." > + exit $exit rev-parse --git-dir would have said "fatal: Not a git repository" already. Do we still need to say "Failed to find..."? - 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