Git seems to track every single file on drive

Question

For some reason when I set up my git repository git clone lists all the files in that particular drive, i.e.

% git status  # On branch master 
# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#   deleted:    index.html
#
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#   ../../../-framework dla ASHA
#   ../../../.CFUserTextEncoding
#   ../../../.Trash/
#   ../../../.Xauthority

The output is much longer which makes project management a bit of a pain.

I have no idea why this happened, I have used git before but never had this problem which makes me think I missed something obvious.

Isn't there a .git directory in one of the parent directories? — Lajos Veres, Nov 27 '13 at 22:58
There _might_ be one somewhere, the project is quite deep in my file system. — bamboo10, Nov 27 '13 at 23:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 27 '13 at 23:29

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Use the following command to find out what Git thinks the root directory of your project is:

git rev-parse --show-toplevel

Given that, you might be able to discover something about why Git is doing what you observe.

Also check to make sure that you don't have an unexpected value set for the GIT_DIR environment variable.

answered Nov 27 '13 at 23:29

Greg Hewgill

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Sure enough, git things root directory is my User space. So I just need to find a way to change that? – bamboo10 Nov 28 '13 at 00:03
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Normally, Git searches upwards from the current directory looking for a `.git` directory (that signifies the root of a repository). Do you have a `.git` directory in your current (project) directory? (you should.) Do you have one in your home directory? (you probably shouldn't.) – Greg Hewgill Nov 28 '13 at 00:37

Git seems to track every single file on drive

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