From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: $GIT_DIR usage Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 14:41:28 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <46B59F63.8020707@gmail.com> <46B5CA50.3050500@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Dan Zwell X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Aug 05 15:42:12 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IHgMz-00069V-Pw for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:42:10 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751427AbXHENmG (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 09:42:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751691AbXHENmF (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 09:42:05 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:33945 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751280AbXHENmD (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 09:42:03 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 05 Aug 2007 13:42:01 -0000 Received: from wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (EHLO openvpn-client) [132.187.25.13] by mail.gmx.net (mp034) with SMTP; 05 Aug 2007 15:42:01 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+H1uJ5XOqHBmbwPZU+vxterw38iIIMQlqwaF4bdf H/W4KqaCOBmNEx X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <46B5CA50.3050500@gmail.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Dan Zwell wrote: > 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? I really have to ask now: why is ./.git/ not an appropriate name? Ciao, Dscho