Package: git-core Version: 1:1.7.0.3-1 Severity: normal Explicitly setting --work-tree without --git-dir does strange things when one is directly in (or under) the .git directory:
$ pwd /tmp/git $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/git/.git/ $ git --work-tree /tmp/git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master $ cd .git $ git --work-tree /tmp/git symbolic-ref HEAD fatal: ref HEAD is not a symbolic ref $ cp HEAD .. $ git --work-tree /tmp/git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master This may sound far-fetched, but I was actually bitten by this when working on a git-dir located on a different partition, and whose core.worktree was explicitly set "just in case, 'cause it can't hurt". -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.6 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages git-core depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.20.0-2 Multi-protocol file transfer libra ii libdigest-sha1-perl 2.12-1 NIST SHA-1 message digest algorith ii liberror-perl 0.17-1 Perl module for error/exception ha ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii perl-modules 5.10.1-11 Core Perl modules ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages git-core recommends: ii less 436-1 pager program similar to more ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:5.3p1-3 secure shell (SSH) client, for sec ii patch 2.6-2 Apply a diff file to an original ii rsync 3.0.7-2 fast remote file copy program (lik Versions of packages git-core suggests: pn git-arch <none> (no description available) ii git-cvs 1:1.7.0.3-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi pn git-daemon-run <none> (no description available) pn git-doc <none> (no description available) ii git-email 1:1.7.0.3-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi pn git-gui <none> (no description available) ii git-svn 1:1.7.0.3-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi ii gitk 1:1.7.0.3-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi pn gitweb <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
