title: 'fatal: Not a git repository' is prompted when execute make command in Geocouch folder on Ubuntu
body: <p>My purpose is to extend couchDB with geocouch, then i download COUchDB src from <a href="http://couchdb.apache.org/" rel="nofollow">http://couchdb.apache.org/</a>,and geocouch from github <a href="https://github.com/couchbase/geocouch/tree/couchdb1.2.x" rel="nofollow">couchdb 1.2.x</a>. the src are both in my Download path,according to the instruction in Readme file.I do in below steps:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ryu@ryu-Asp:~/Downloads$ cd geocouch-couchdb1.2.x/
  export COUCH_SRC=/home/ryu/Downloads/apache-couchdb-1.2.1/src/couchdb/
  make
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>after i enter make command, it pop up below error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ryu@ryu-Asp:~/Downloads/geocouch-couchdb1.2.x$ make
  fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
  fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
  ERL_COMPILER_OPTIONS='[{i,"/home/ryu/Downloads/apache-couchdb-1.2.1/src/couchdb/"}]' ./rebar compile
  ==&gt; geocouch-couchdb1.2.x (compile)
  Compiled src/geocouch/couch_spatial_compactor.erl
  Compiled src/geocouch/geocouch_duplicates.erl
  Compiled src/geocouch/couch_httpd_spatial.erl
  Compiled src/geocouch/couch_httpd_spatial_list.erl
  Compiled src/geocouch/couch_spatial.erl
  Compiled src/vtree/run_vtreestats.erl
  Compiled src/vtree/vtreeviz.erl
  Compiled src/geocouch/couch_spatial_updater.erl
  Compiled src/vtree/vtreestats.erl
  Compiled src/vtree/run_vtreeviz.erl
  Compiled src/geocouch/couch_spatial_group.erl
  Compiled src/vtree/vtree_insbench.erl
  Compiled test/gc_test_util.erl
  Compiled src/vtree/vtree.erl
  Compiled src/vtree/vtree_bulk.erl
  Compiled src/vtree/vtree_bulk.erl
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Btw, i had tried to combine apache-couchdb-1.1.1 with geocouch-couchdb1.1.x as well, but still got the same 'fatal error message', this issue really exhaust me, it have waste me too many time. any tip will be appreciated..</p>