Re: Git: "No you can't handle my root!" (?)

Quoting Jeff King [off-list ref]:

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 02:20:17PM -0400, sylvain@demarque.qc.ca wrote:

I think that it sort of works, actually. It seems to do OK if you do
something like:

  $ GIT_DIR=/path/to/store/repo; export GIT_DIR
  $ GIT_WORK_TREE=/; export GIT_WORK_TREE
  $ git init
  $ cd /etc/whatever
  $ git add .

So probably the bug is in detecting the location of the work tree when
it is not explicitly given. You can use the explicit style as a
workaround for now.

-Peff

Thank you! Great idea!

export GIT_DIR=/root/.git
export GIT_WORK_TREE=/
echo "*" >> /root/.git/info/exclude

The Golden Solution of the Gods! :-D