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From: Dan Zwell <dzwell@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: $GIT_DIR usage
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:02:08 -0400
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Dan Zwell wrote:
> 
>> $ export GIT_DIR="`pwd`/.git_public"
>> $ git init
>> warning: templates not found /usr/share//git-core/templates/
>> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/user/temp/.git_public/
> 
> I think that you implicitly created a bare repository with that.  Just 
> check if "git config core.bare" returns true.
> 
> If so, you need to change that in order to have a working tree.
> 
> Hth,
> Dscho
> 
> 

You are exactly right, I accidentally created a bare repository. I can 
do 2 things: I can change core.bare to true, or I can create .git in the 
normal way, then move rename it. Both things still have the problem of 
git not knowing where the working directory is. Is the only way to fix 
this in 1.5.2.4, or is my only option to upgrade?

Thanks,
Dan