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From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
To: Bryan Turner <bturner@atlassian.com>
Cc: Git Mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: why can *some* git commands not be run from within .git directory?
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 04:43:14 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.21.1711140442180.14378@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGyf7-FSHW4DqMXt1043FjmOO8tRQHq=xFGwQgKTK06Gi+a-PA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, 14 Nov 2017, Bryan Turner wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 1:18 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> >
> >   just noticed something i was unaware of -- some git commands can't
> > be run if i'm in the .git directory, while others can. for example,
> > if i "cd .git", commands like this work just fine:
> >
> >   $ git show
> >   $ git branch
> >   $ git log
> >
> > but others seem unwilling to determine the "working tree":
>
> Once Git finds a .git directory, or determines it's in one, it
> doesn't look "higher"; instead, it runs like it's in a bare clone.
> That means any command that requires a work tree or an index
> generally won't work. Of course, you can still tell Git where the
> work tree is and then the commands work fine from the .git
> directory:

  ah, thank you, that clarifies it.

rday

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      reply	other threads:[~2017-11-14  9:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-14  9:18 why can *some* git commands not be run from within .git directory? Robert P. J. Day
2017-11-14  9:38 ` Bryan Turner
2017-11-14  9:43   ` Robert P. J. Day [this message]

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