doc/forum/Why_git_commit_fails_from_within_a_newly_git-annexed_subdir__63__.mdwn

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+If I `git-annex add` a directory, with some files inside, and then move into the directory to execute `git commit -m message`, then `git commit` fails with: `git-annex: git: createProcess: runInteractiveProcess: chdir: does not exist (No such file or directory)`. Why?
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+Notice that if I do the same operations within a standard git repository (not annex), then `git commit` works with no problems, as expected.
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+As it is described above, this difference between git-annex and git seems a minor issue, but I got stuck into that for a while when I stumbled into it in a more complex scenario. 
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+Steps to reproduce the issue:
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+    > mkdir annex
+    > cd annex
+    /annex> git init
+    Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/zzz/annex/.git/
+    /annex (master)> git-annex init
+    init  ok
+    (recording state in git...)
+    /annex (master)> mkdir a
+    /annex (master)> cd a
+    /annex/a (master)> echo foo > bar
+    /annex/a (master)> git annex add bar
+    add bar ok
+    (recording state in git...)
+    /annex/a (master)> git commit -m "bar added"
+    git-annex: git: createProcess: runInteractiveProcess: chdir: does not exist (No such file or directory)
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+Differently, within a standard git repository, the equivalent `git commit` does not fail:
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+    > mkdir repo
+    > cd repo
+    /repo> git init
+    Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/zzz/repo/.git/
+    /repo (master)> mkdir a
+    /repo (master)> cd a
+    /repo/a (master)> echo foo > bar
+    /repo/a (master)> git add bar
+    /repo/a (master)> git commit -m "bar added"
+    [master (root-commit) 203c996] bar added
+     1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+     create mode 100644 a/bar
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+In any case, a big thank for making `git-annex`, it is a really great piece of software!