# Template problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/template-problem/170679>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 20, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/template-problem/170679 "2009-06-20T23:57:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/template-problem/170679/1 "2009-06-20T23:57:40Z")

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So this works from the command line:

script/plugin install git://github.com/rails/acts\_as\_tree.git

BUT this doesn’t work inside a template:

plugin “acts\_as\_tree”, :git=\>“git://github.com/rails/  
acts\_as\_tree.git”, :submodule=\>true

The error I get is:

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

I have nothing else in my template!

Any ideas what could be wrong?

Using rails 2.3.2

thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/template-problem/170679/2 "2009-06-21T02:23:50Z")

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Slightly confused since I’ve noticed other templates using the same  
call:

> <https://github.com/stephanschubert/rails-app-template/blob/54fa16b7aca8400863c7b5507ebc687574089b54/template.rb>

IE: plugin “acts\_as\_tree”, :git=\>“git://github.com/rails/  
acts\_as\_tree.git”, :submodule=\>true

Frustrating… not sure if rails or my installation