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From: <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
To: "'Niklas'" <git@nwuensche.com>, <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Git-Alias is callable from outside a git repo
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:14:32 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <000c01d8aced$6f67f460$4e37dd20$@nexbridge.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220810170319.mxd6h2p5tm6y5xx3@imap.mailbox.org>

On August 10, 2022 1:03 PM, Niklas wrote:
>Steps to reproduce:
>
>1. Having the following global .gitconfig
>
>[alias]
>     f = "!echo "test""
>
>2. Calling `git f` in a folder which does not belong to a git repo
>
>Expected Behavior:
>
>Seeing some message like like
>`fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)`
>
>Actual Behavior:
>
>Prints "test"
>
>Git 2.37.1 under Arch Linux

I do not think this is a bug. There are git commands that do not require
repositories, like git version. Git has know knowledge of what your alias is
going to do without executing it. If your alias wanted to run git version or
git hash-object, it would not need a repository to do so.
--Randall


  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-10 19:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-10 17:03 Bug: Git-Alias is callable from outside a git repo Niklas
2022-08-10 19:14 ` rsbecker [this message]
2022-08-12 21:09 ` Johannes Schindelin

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