Git on CentOS7 does not work because it does not support -C option about git-messenger.vim HOT 5 CLOSED

That's too old Git. Can you install more recent one? I'll check which is the minimum Git version and add it to documentation.

If you don't want to change system-installed Git, please consider to install the recent Git locally (for example, git-messenger.vim/bin/git) and use it by setting it to g:git_messenger_git_command. For example, when git-messenger.vim is installed in ~/.vim/bundle,

let g:git_messenger_git_command = expand('~/.vim/bundle/git-messenger.vim/bin/git')

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Can we use --git-dir and --work-tree option instead of -C?

It might be possible. But I did not try since almost all systems have newer Git.

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-C was introduced by Git 1.8.5:

https://github.com/git/git/blob/4a0de43f4923993377dbbc42cfc0a1054b6c5ccf/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt#L115-L116

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I think a lot of people are still using CentOS 7.4 as their server. The default git version is 1.8.3. Since i do not have root rights, it is hard to install git from source either.

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If some other people are facing this issue, please leave comments here. If there are several comments left, I'll consider to support the older Git.

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