From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Niklas <git@nwuensche.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bug: Git-Alias is callable from outside a git repo
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 23:09:04 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <s08qq38q-26po-r066-soo3-po7165167s31@tzk.qr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220810170319.mxd6h2p5tm6y5xx3@imap.mailbox.org>
Hi Niklas,
On Wed, 10 Aug 2022, Niklas wrote:
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Having the following global .gitconfig
>
> [alias]
> f = "!echo "test""
That quoting is a big bogus.
>
> 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"
This is by design, and definitely not a bug. It even allows you to build
relatively complex aliases that work on multiple worktrees, or even no
worktree at all.
Why would a Git alias have to be bound to any specific Git repository?
Ciao,
Johannes
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-08-12 21:09 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
2022-08-12 21:09 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
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