Question

Is there a way to execute Git commands against a repository without being in that repository?

For example something like this: git /home/repo log?

Please do not tell me to cd to it. I’m doing this via an exec call.

Answer 1

Try:

git --git-dir=/home/repo/.git log

It is important to give the path all the way up to the .git directory of your repository. Otherwise you will get only an error message that says something like:

fatal: Not a git repository