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From: Rafael Ascensao <rafa.almas@gmail.com>
To: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: git complains packed-refs is not a directory when used with GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE envvars.
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:27:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACUQV5_3Pw+vnyyNUL4oE4tMLG_wKVdqdVk01rg4V92ufUYHHA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

One of the tools that manages PKGBUILDS for Arch Linux stores PKGBUILD
git repos inside a cache directory for reuse.

One of the repos is triggering some unexpected behaviour that can be
reproduced in the CLI with:

  $ GIT_DIR=spotify/.git GIT_WORK_TREE=spotify git reset HEAD
  fatal: couldn't read spotify/.git/packed-refs: Not a directory

Moving up one directory works as expected.
  $ cd ..
  $ GIT_DIR=sync/spotify/.git GIT_WORK_TREE=sync/spotify git reset HEAD

Using -C seems to work fine too.
  $ git -C spotify reset HEAD

$ GIT_TRACE_SETUP=2 GIT_TRACE=2 GIT_DIR="spotify/.git"
GIT_WORK_TREE="spotify" git reset HEAD
22:10:53.020525 trace.c:315             setup: git_dir: spotify/.git
22:10:53.020605 trace.c:316             setup: git_common_dir: spotify/.git
22:10:53.020616 trace.c:317             setup: worktree:
/home/rafasc/.cache/aurutils/sync/spotify
22:10:53.020625 trace.c:318             setup: cwd:
/home/rafasc/.cache/aurutils/sync
22:10:53.020635 trace.c:319             setup: prefix: (null)
22:10:53.020644 git.c:344               trace: built-in: git 'reset' 'HEAD'
fatal: couldn't read spotify/.git/packed-refs: Not a directory

The issue seems to bisect to f57f37e2e1bf11ab4cdfd221ad47e961ba9353a0
I can't pinpoint why this particular repo is behaving differently.

Cumprimentos,
Rafael Ascensão

             reply	other threads:[~2018-03-26 21:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-26 21:27 Rafael Ascensao [this message]
2018-03-26 21:44 ` git complains packed-refs is not a directory when used with GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE envvars Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-03-27  6:31 ` Jeff King
2018-03-27 14:56   ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-27 16:47     ` Jeff King
2018-03-27 17:09       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-27 17:30         ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-28  9:52           ` Jeff King
2018-03-28 10:10             ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-28 17:36               ` Jeff King
2018-03-28 17:38                 ` [PATCH 1/4] set_git_dir: die when setenv() fails Jeff King
2018-03-28 17:40                 ` [PATCH 2/4] add chdir-notify API Jeff King
2018-03-28 17:58                   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-03-28 18:02                     ` Jeff King
2018-03-29 14:53                   ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-29 17:48                     ` Jeff King
2018-03-29 18:12                       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-28 17:42                 ` [PATCH 3/4] set_work_tree: use chdir_notify Jeff King
2018-03-29 17:02                   ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-29 17:23                     ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-29 17:50                       ` Jeff King
2018-03-29 17:50                     ` Jeff King
2018-03-29 18:01                       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-30 17:23                         ` Jeff King
2018-03-28 17:43                 ` [PATCH 4/4] refs: use chdir_notify to update cached relative paths Jeff King
2018-03-30 18:34                 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] re-parenting relative directories after chdir Jeff King
2018-03-30 18:34                   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] set_git_dir: die when setenv() fails Jeff King
2018-03-30 18:34                   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] trace.c: export trace_setup_key Jeff King
2018-03-30 19:46                     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-03-30 19:47                       ` Jeff King
2018-03-30 19:50                         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-03-30 19:54                           ` Jeff King
2018-03-30 18:35                   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] add chdir-notify API Jeff King
2018-03-30 18:35                   ` [PATCH v2 4/5] set_work_tree: use chdir_notify Jeff King
2018-03-30 18:35                   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] refs: use chdir_notify to update cached relative paths Jeff King
2018-03-30 19:36                   ` [PATCH v2 0/5] re-parenting relative directories after chdir Duy Nguyen
2018-03-28  9:47         ` git complains packed-refs is not a directory when used with GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE envvars Jeff King
2018-03-28 17:55           ` [PATCH 0/8] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-03-28 17:55             ` [PATCH 1/8] strbuf.c: add strbuf_ensure_trailing_dr_sep() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-03-28 17:55             ` [PATCH 2/8] strbuf.c: reintroduce get_pwd_cwd() (with strbuf_ prefix) Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-03-28 18:02               ` Stefan Beller
2018-03-28 18:05                 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-28 17:55             ` [PATCH 3/8] trace.c: export trace_setup_key Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-03-28 17:55             ` [PATCH 4/8] setup.c: introduce setup_adjust_path() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-03-28 17:55             ` [PATCH 5/8] setup.c: allow other code to be notified when $CWD moves Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-03-28 17:55             ` [PATCH 6/8] environment.c: adjust env containing relpath when $CWD is moved Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-03-28 18:30               ` Jeff King
2018-03-28 18:45                 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-28 17:55             ` [PATCH 7/8] repository: adjust repo paths when $CWD moves Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-03-28 17:55             ` [PATCH 8/8] refs: adjust main " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-03-28 18:19             ` [PATCH 0/8] Re: git complains packed-refs is not a directory when used with GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE envvars Jeff King
2018-03-29 14:57               ` Duy Nguyen
2018-03-30 17:21                 ` Jeff King
2018-03-28 22:24             ` Junio C Hamano

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