From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE60E1F51C for ; Mon, 21 May 2018 17:06:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753223AbeEURG3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2018 13:06:29 -0400 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:40528 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753031AbeEURG2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2018 13:06:28 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Subject:cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=9Z9UQSttJ0D7YRqPN+mwoMtfUW91OkBMvh+aBvE6MhY=; b=aMMq2FiF2ZBqjNpsYzzvJcWSd dQ+KAcFhgQhxuWGwoLcMoyGLpJm3ME4rpvJmfdaIys/CA6cldZTmVI9IR9ojzu0b2lpm0Z3Mem8Yr sr7azSflvoOCnyW99QsF6NNigJKyN+BGo81xo6qFBlzg7M3GK8BQLS5rNRO1gv2lshTEp7G18PAIP fRLYV3v/mlssgTuCC/Q3ZC1lGPkWKIdtmYAVwu9DtAlE1aXQRdopyvCk8akgPi332AO8RoM+eLD09 vUpKXV5WVS1DjqSqZD/SDOOzcGEFcHRowsulv1eFVolmqxJNpcjL8cE6JOmBrBtUYxATRvFCkgQSB HcNO8lrBA==; Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:52516 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fKoGP-00GZPw-SI; Mon, 21 May 2018 13:06:27 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 13:04:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Jonathan Nieder cc: Git Mailing list Subject: Re: issues(?) installing git-lfs via fedora "dnf" command In-Reply-To: <20180521170353.GA10623@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> Message-ID: References: <20180521170353.GA10623@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel4.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 21 May 2018, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > $ sudo dnf install git-lfs > [...] > > Running transaction > > Preparing : > > Installing : git-lfs-2.4.0-1.fc28.x86_64 > > Running scriptlet: git-lfs-2.4.0-1.fc28.x86_64 > > Error: Failed to call git rev-parse --git-dir --show-toplevel: "fatal: > > not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git\n" > [...] > > is one supposed to be *in* a git repository when installing, because i > > was in fact at the top level of my linux kernel source repo, so i'm > > unclear on what that "Error" is trying to tell me. am i just being > > clueless? is this something that i should submit as a fedora packaging > > issue? > > Yes, this looks like something that should be reported as a Fedora > packaging issue. > > The packager should be able to find out whether it's an issue in > git-lfs upstream and report it to that project if it is. Git-lfs is > not part of git.git; it's a separate project: > https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md > I believe they use github's issue tracker to track bugs. it would *appear* that this is a combination of both a git issue, and a red hat packaging issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1580357 https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/3013 rday