make gitconfig not working for me with git 1.9.1

Errors I receive on command-line strongly point to this commit:

commit fda071ca7a17614a58c0812c28b14a417471b915
Author: Alex Thiessen 
Date:   Sat Jan 13 17:05:31 2018 +0000

util/gitconfig: Make gitconfig.sh support gitfile

Ubuntu host, 14.04

mturney@mturney-linux:/local/mnt/workspace/mturney/gitrepos/public/coreboot$ 
make gitconfig
fatal: ambiguous argument 'hooks': unknown revision or path not in the 
working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'
mkdir: unrecognized option '--git-path
hooks'
Try 'mkdir --help' for more information.
util/gitconfig/gitconfig.sh: line 33: --git-path
hooks/commit-msg: No such file or directory
chmod: unrecognized option '--git-path
hooks/commit-msg'
Try 'chmod --help' for more information.
util/gitconfig/gitconfig.sh: line 33: --git-path
hooks/pre-commit: No such file or directory
chmod: unrecognized option '--git-path
hooks/pre-commit'
Try 'chmod --help' for more information.
fatal: ambiguous argument 'hooks': unknown revision or path not in the 
working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'
fatal: ambiguous argument 'hooks': unknown revision or path not in the 
working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'
fatal: ambiguous argument 'hooks': unknown revision or path not in the 
working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'
mturney@mturney-linux:/local/mnt/workspace/mturney/gitrepos/public/coreboot$

[Nico Huber]

On 24.02.2018 01:10, [e-mail] wrote:
> Errors I receive on command-line strongly point to this commit:
>
> commit fda071ca7a17614a58c0812c28b14a417471b915
> Author: Alex Thiessen 
> Date:   Sat Jan 13 17:05:31 2018 +0000
> util/gitconfig: Make gitconfig.sh support gitfile

Yes, this is obviously the culprit. The --git-path switch to
git-rev-parse wasn't always available.

Alex, Stefan, can you please fix the issue (I already tried to revert,
but it was part of a longer train, so not that easy). Generally, before
using `git rev-parse --git-path` you have to test if it is supported.
In flashrom, I added a check if it just returns `--git-path` (4164c541).

Nico

[Mike Banon]

just upgrade your git? 1.9.1 is a little bit old
Although I am unsure if there is anything newer for ubuntu 14.04
since it is very outdated and everyone switched to 16.04 LTS or later.
Maybe you would have to compile a new git from source if you don't
want / can't reinstall OS

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 3:10 AM,   wrote:
> Errors I receive on command-line strongly point to this commit:
>
> commit fda071ca7a17614a58c0812c28b14a417471b915
> Author: Alex Thiessen 
> Date:   Sat Jan 13 17:05:31 2018 +0000
> util/gitconfig: Make gitconfig.sh support gitfile
>
>
> Ubuntu host, 14.04
>
> mturney@mturney-linux:/local/mnt/workspace/mturney/gitrepos/public/coreboot$
> make gitconfig
> fatal: ambiguous argument 'hooks': unknown revision or path not in the
> working tree.
> Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
> 'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'
> mkdir: unrecognized option '--git-path
> hooks'
> Try 'mkdir --help' for more information.
> util/gitconfig/gitconfig.sh: line 33: --git-path
> hooks/commit-msg: No such file or directory
> chmod: unrecognized option '--git-path
> hooks/commit-msg'
> Try 'chmod --help' for more information.
> util/gitconfig/gitconfig.sh: line 33: --git-path
> hooks/pre-commit: No such file or directory
> chmod: unrecognized option '--git-path
> hooks/pre-commit'
> Try 'chmod --help' for more information.
> fatal: ambiguous argument 'hooks': unknown revision or path not in the
> working tree.
> Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
> 'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'
> fatal: ambiguous argument 'hooks': unknown revision or path not in the
> working tree.
> Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
> 'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'
> fatal: ambiguous argument 'hooks': unknown revision or path not in the
> working tree.
> Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
> 'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'
> mturney@mturney-linux:/local/mnt/workspace/mturney/gitrepos/public/coreboot$