I need check if the current directory is under Git version control if it's the Git root do the above it in one-line shell script which should exit with 0 on success

Reputation: 3071

Check if directory is a Git root in one command

I need

Upvotes: 5

Reputation: 46813

Using git-rev-parse is the way to go. Just make sure you compare it appropriately with PWD, and redirect standard error to /dev/null:

[[ $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null) = "$PWD" ]]

Upvotes: 6

Reputation: 3071

This works for me:

[ $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) == $(pwd) ]

Upvotes: 2