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Wrong working directory? [message #1700634]

Mon, 06 July 2015 04:08

Sean Thomas

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Registered: July 2015

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When I open the Git Staging View it takes around 5 minutes and over 100,000 files appear.
I note that the "Location: under Preferences-Team-Git-Configuration is "C:\Users\Sean" and that the content of the Staging View appears to be the files from C:\Users\Sean. Did not check them all Smile

I am presuming that I need to edit this directory to the one the source code is actually in.
How do I do this? I do not appear to be able to edit the target directory in the dialog.
Advice appreciated.
Sean

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Re: Wrong working directory? [message #1700756 is a reply to message #1700634]

Mon, 06 July 2015 19:52

Andrey Loskutov

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Registered: July 2009

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Most likely you've managed to create git repository in your home. Please check your project you are working with - one of them is in directly at your home root directory.

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Re: Wrong working directory? [message #1700795 is a reply to message #1700756]

Tue, 07 July 2015 09:20

Sean Thomas

Messages: 4
Registered: July 2015

Junior Member

Hi Andrey
Thank you for your suggestion.
I tried Disconnecting my project from Git, then selecting Share. When I did this the correct directory was shown, that is the directory the project is actually in.
However the "Location": under Preferences-Team-Git-Configuration is still "C:\Users\Sean" - which I agree is the wrong directory. I don't understand why Git is looking somewhere other than in the directory configured with the project. But then I am very new to Git.
Kind regards
Sean

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Re: Wrong working directory? [message #1700797 is a reply to message #1700795]

Tue, 07 July 2015 09:59

Matthias Sohn

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Registered: July 2009

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Preferences-Team-Git-Configuration / User Settings refers to your ~/.gitconfig configuration file which you can use to configure
git settings which shall be used for all the git repositories you have. Each git repository has another configuration located
at .git/config which can enhance / override configurations you have set in ~/.gitconfig

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Re: Wrong working directory? [message #1700898 is a reply to message #1700634]

Wed, 08 July 2015 01:38

Sean Thomas

Messages: 4
Registered: July 2015

Junior Member

Hi Matthias
Thank you. So how do I change the settings (specifically the directory) for Preferences-Team-Git-Configuration / User Settings?
I presume that I need to point this to a directory other than my Windows profile home directory.
Kind regards
Sean

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Re: Wrong working directory? [message #1701340 is a reply to message #1700634]

Sun, 12 July 2015 06:45

Sean Thomas

Messages: 4
Registered: July 2015

Junior Member

Woo hoo, I have finally got this sorted.
The solution was to :
Open the "Git Repositories" view.
Use the drop down menu to "Create a Repository"
Right click on the old repository (in the Windows profile home directory by mistake) and "Delete Repository"
Go to my existing projects and point them to the new repository.

After this everything worked like a charm. I was attempting to make these changes via the "Preferences" option, which although it really looked like the right place, turned out to be the wrong place.
Thank you very much to those who provided me tips along the way.
Kind regards
Sean

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