On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 7/24/08, Geoff Russell <geoffrey.russell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> For reasons which would take a while to explain, I'm building a repository >> in a directory using "--git-dir=xxxx/.git --work-tree=." and >> then doing an "mv xxxx/.git ./.git" and then trying to work with >> that repository --- but can't >> >> Below is a sample script. The last line (git add) fails with >> >> fatal: unable to create >> '/usr/local/AusTop/AuPrograms/AuServer/testgit/aaa/bbb/.git/index.lock': >> No such file or directory >> >> git doesn't seem to realise that there is a .git back up the tree. > > It's because when you did git --work-tree=. init, worktree is stored > in .git/config. The code that chdir() in setup_git_directory() > probably forgot to chdir() back to toplevel worktree. Workaround could > be just remove core.worktree in .git/config. Many thanks, the work-around works. I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature, but I'm happy either way. Cheers, Geoff Russell > >> I'm using 1.5.5.1 >> >> Cheers, >> Geoff Russell >> >> ------------------------ sample script >> #!/bin/sh >> if [ -d "testgit" ] ; then >> echo "remove testgit" >> /bin/rm -rf testgit >> fi >> mkdir testgit && echo yyyy >testgit/sample.sh && cd testgit >> mkdir aaa && mkdir aaa/bbb >> echo xxxx > aaa/bbb/sample2.sh >> mkdir xxx >> git --git-dir=xxx/.git --work-tree=. init >> git --git-dir=xxx/.git --work-tree=. add *.sh >> git --git-dir=xxx/.git --work-tree=. commit -m demo >> mv xxx/.git . >> cd aaa/bbb >> git add sample2.sh >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > > -- > Duy > -- 6 Fifth Ave, St Morris, S.A. 5068 Australia Ph: 041 8805 184 / 08 8332 5069 -- 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
