git rev-parse --show-toplevel doesn't work inside git-dir
From: Orgad Shaneh <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:57:33
Running "git rev-parse --show-toplevel" doesn't print anything when it is run inside .git dir (on all levels) - Orgad
git rev-parse --show-toplevel doesn't work inside git-dir
2 messages, 2 authors, 2016-06-15 · open the first message on its own page
Re: git rev-parse --show-toplevel doesn't work inside git-dir
From: Jeff King <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:57:34
On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 10:34:11AM +0300, Orgad Shaneh wrote:
Running "git rev-parse --show-toplevel" doesn't print anything when it is run inside .git dir (on all levels)
This is by design. "--show-toplevel" does not print anything when you do not have a working tree, and you do not have one if you are inside the .git directory. If you were to do: cd .git git --work-tree=.. rev-parse --show-toplevel (or use GIT_WORK_TREE, or set core.worktree, etc), you would get back the toplevel of the working tree. -Peff