GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set
Just type git init
into your command line and press enter. Then run your command again, you probably were running git remote add origin [your-repository]
.
That should work, if it doesn't, just let me know.
ran across this page and several like it all talking about the GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set message. In my case our sys admin had decided that the apache2 directory needed to be on a mounted filesystem in case the disk for the server stopped working and had to get rebuilt. I found this with a simple df command:
--> UBIk <--:root@ns1:[/etc]
--PRODUCTION--(16:48:43)--> df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
<snip>
/dev/mapper/vgraid-lvapache 63G 54M 60G 1% /etc/apache2
<snip>
To fix this I just put the following in the root user's shell (as they are the only ones who need to be looking at etckeeper revisions:
export GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM=1
and all was well and good...much joy.
More notes:
--> UBIk <--:root@ns1:[/etc]
--PRODUCTION--(16:48:54)--> export GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM=0
--> UBIk <--:root@ns1:[/etc]
--PRODUCTION--(16:57:35)--> git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working tree clean
--> UBIk <--:root@ns1:[/etc]
--PRODUCTION--(16:57:40)--> touch apache2/me
--> UBIk <--:root@ns1:[/etc]
--PRODUCTION--(16:57:45)--> git status
On branch master
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
apache2/me
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
--> UBIk <--:root@ns1:[/etc]
--PRODUCTION--(16:57:47)--> cd apache2
--> UBIk <--:root@ns1:[/etc/apache2]
--PRODUCTION--(16:57:50)--> git status
fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /etc/apache2)
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
--> UBIk <--:root@ns1:[/etc/apache2]
--PRODUCTION--(16:57:52)--> export GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM=1
--> UBIk <--:root@ns1:[/etc/apache2]
--PRODUCTION--(16:58:59)--> git status
On branch master
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
me
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
Hopefully that will help someone out somewhere... -wc
For complete the accepted answer, Had the same issue. First specified the remote
git remote add origin https://github.com/XXXX/YYY.git
git fetch
Then get the code
git pull origin master