"git pull" doesn't respect --work-tree parameter

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"git pull" doesn't respect --work-tree parameter

From: Alexey Zakhlestin <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:50:17

I am trying to use the following command:

git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git' '--work-tree=/path/to/repository' pull

and get this error:
"git-pull cannot be used without a working tree"

I get the same error, if I try to use corresponding environment variables


looks like a bug, because I can, successfully, use "git status" with
the same --git-dir and --work-tree parameters

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Re: "git pull" doesn't respect --work-tree parameter

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:50:17

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin [off-list ref] wrote:
I am trying to use the following command:

git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git' '--work-tree=/path/to/repository' pull

and get this error:
"git-pull cannot be used without a working tree"
It works fine for me. What's the result of

git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --git-dir
git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --is-inside-work-tree
git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --show-toplevel

?

Also what version of git are you using?
-- 
Duy

Re: "git pull" doesn't respect --work-tree parameter

From: Alexey Zakhlestin <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:50:17

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy [off-list ref] wrote:
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
I am trying to use the following command:

git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git' '--work-tree=/path/to/repository' pull

and get this error:
"git-pull cannot be used without a working tree"
It works fine for me. What's the result of

git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --git-dir
No directory given for --git-dir.
git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --is-inside-work-tree
Unknown option: --is-inside-work-tree
git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --show-toplevel
Unknown option: --show-toplevel

Also what version of git are you using?
1.7.3.4

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Re: "git pull" doesn't respect --work-tree parameter

From: Andreas Ericsson <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:50:17

On 12/22/2010 12:40 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin wrote:
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy[off-list ref]  wrote:
quoted
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin[off-list ref]  wrote:
quoted
I am trying to use the following command:

git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git' '--work-tree=/path/to/repository' pull

and get this error:
"git-pull cannot be used without a working tree"
It works fine for me. What's the result of

git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --git-dir
No directory given for --git-dir.
You added an extra --git-dir without an argument at the end of
the command. Remove it and try again.

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Re: "git pull" doesn't respect --work-tree parameter

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:50:17

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin [off-list ref] wrote:
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
I am trying to use the following command:

git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git' '--work-tree=/path/to/repository' pull

and get this error:
"git-pull cannot be used without a working tree"
It works fine for me. What's the result of

git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --git-dir
No directory given for --git-dir.
quoted
git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --is-inside-work-tree
Unknown option: --is-inside-work-tree
quoted
git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --show-toplevel
Unknown option: --show-toplevel
Sorry I forgot the command name (rev-parse). The full command should
be "git --git-dir=... --work-tree=... rev-parse <option>" where option
is --git-dir, --is-inside-work-tree, --show-toplevel. Can you please
try again?
-- 
Duy

Re: "git pull" doesn't respect --work-tree parameter

From: Alexey Zakhlestin <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:50:17

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy [off-list ref] wrote:
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
I am trying to use the following command:

git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git' '--work-tree=/path/to/repository' pull

and get this error:
"git-pull cannot be used without a working tree"
It works fine for me. What's the result of

git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --git-dir
No directory given for --git-dir.
quoted
git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --is-inside-work-tree
Unknown option: --is-inside-work-tree
quoted
git '--git-dir=/path/to/repository/.git'
'--work-tree=/path/to/repository' --show-toplevel
Unknown option: --show-toplevel
Sorry I forgot the command name (rev-parse). The full command should
be "git --git-dir=... --work-tree=... rev-parse <option>" where option
is --git-dir, --is-inside-work-tree, --show-toplevel. Can you please
try again?
1) returns correct path:
/Users/indy/Documents/Sources/_mine/midgard/mvc/_rdf/midgardmvc_core/.git
2) false
3) returns correct path, again:
/Users/indy/Documents/Sources/_mine/midgard/mvc/_rdf/midgardmvc_core

just to make myself clear: $PWD is another path, not related to repository path

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Re: "git pull" doesn't respect --work-tree parameter

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:50:17

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin [off-list ref] wrote:
1) returns correct path:
/Users/indy/Documents/Sources/_mine/midgard/mvc/_rdf/midgardmvc_core/.git
2) false
3) returns correct path, again:
/Users/indy/Documents/Sources/_mine/midgard/mvc/_rdf/midgardmvc_core

just to make myself clear: $PWD is another path, not related to repository path
OK. git-pull does not automatically move to worktree (while git-status
does) and thus won't work when $PWD is outside worktree. I remember
there's a similar report this year. I'll see if I can make a patch for
it.

Thank you for your report.
-- 
Duy
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