fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

[UncaAlby]

When I follow the instructions at https://github.com/cakephp/debug_kit to install, when I get to the line that reads:

git submodule add https://github.com/cakephp/debug_kit.git app/Plugin/DebugKit

I get the error:

fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

If there is another step required for this (such as creating a git repository) it might be rather useful if the instructions explained this without assuming we've already done all that. The instructions make no mention of any need to create your own git repository.

Thanks.

[dereuromark]

I think the default installation should be switched, so it is not git submodule anymore. That should better be thrown out of that page completely.
It is more confusing than it helps.

[markstory]

$ git clone https://github.com/cakephp/debug_kit.git
Cloning into 'debug_kit'...
remote: Counting objects: 8340, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Total 8340 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (8340/8340), 1.83 MiB | 1.51 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (3790/3790), done.
Checking connectivity... done.

Seems fine to me.

[markstory]

Oh the issue is that your application is not in git. I can update the readme.

[ravage84]

I think we could remove this.
People who know how to use git submodule, don't need the hint anyway.

[UncaAlby]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. I was fairly certain it had something to do with having a git repository, however the instructions do not say that, nor do they say how to set one up.

@ravage84, you are absolutely correct that people who know how to use git submodule won't need the hint. I hope you aren't saying the rest of us can just go pound sand? I just want to get DebugKit working on my current quest to learn CakePHP. Learning git is not on my priority list at the moment.

[josegonzalez]

@markstory I can make a PR to unify it with the install instructions I use for all my repos, which include 4 different installation steps (composer, git submodule, clone, tar download)

[ravage84]

@UncaAlby haha, no, certainly not 😸
For most people Composer is the superior way. And for most of the rest a simple tar/zip extraction is fine, too. Git submodule is probably the solution for less than 1 % of the people.

[markstory]

@UncaAlby if you could take a look at #273 and see if those changes make installation clearer, that would be awesome

@josegonzalez sounds good.