Actually this is probably because start-process can't find your git
executable. Try doing something like this in your Emacs configuration
(adjust the path if needed):
(setenv "PATH" (concat (getenv "PATH") ":/usr/local/git/bin"))
(setq exec-path (append exec-path '("/usr/local/git/bin")))
Best regards,
Bjørn
On Apr 18, 5:25 pm, Gustavo Delfino <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have used the emacs debugger to trace down the problem to the command:
>
> magit-shell-command-to-string("'git' '--no-pager' rev-parse --git-dir
> 2>/dev/null")
>
> returning an empty string: ""
>
> digging deeper using the debugger I found a call to:
>
> find-file-name-handler("/Users/gdelfino/Sites/mywebapp/" process-file)
>
> which is returning nil and I don't know why as the directory exists.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
>
> Gustavo Delfino
>
> On Apr 12, 2009, at 9:08 AM, gdelfino wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello all. I am new in this list.
>
> > I have installed magit 0.7 using ELPA into Carbon Emacs 22.3.1.
> > Whenever I try to use the magit-status command, I get asked to find
> > the git repository. I get asked to find this even when I run the
> > magit-
> > status command while editing a file inside a git repository. After
> > answering the question with the directory where my .git directory is
> > located it then says:
>
> > "There is no Git repository in "my directory". Create one? (y or n)"
>
> > Which I answer "no" because I don't want to damage the existing .git
> > directory.
>
> > I am using git version git version 1.6.1.3
>
> > Any ideas on how to make it work?
>
> > Regards,
>
> > Gustavo Delfino
