Re: Bug: All git operations fail when .git contains a non-existent gitdir

On 23-Jul-2021, at 21:17, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [off-list ref] wrote:

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The timing of this reply after [1] suggests that you may not have seen
that patch that fixes this issue (sans Junio's outstanding comments on
it).

Perhaps your E-Mail client is forcing threading by subject only, not
In-Reply-To chains?

1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/patch-1.1-fc26c46d39-20210722T140648Z-avarab@gmail.com/ (local)

Yes, that is exactly what happened, and I noticed your patch a few minutes 
after I sent that message.