Possible to run without being in a git repo?

[alecjacobson]

I'd just like to convert a markdown+tex file without being in git repo. Is this possible? Currently I get this error:

Not in a git repository, please enable --nocdn
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/readme2tex/render.py", line 290, in render
    giturl = check_output(['git', 'remote', '-v']).strip().decode('utf-8').splitlines()[0]
  File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 395, in check_output
    **kwargs).stdout
  File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 487, in run
    output=stdout, stderr=stderr)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['git', 'remote', '-v']' returned non-zero exit status 128.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/readme2tex/__main__.py", line 160, in <module>
    args.bustcache)
  File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/readme2tex/render.py", line 296, in render
    raise Exception("Please specify your github --username and --project.")
Exception: Please specify your github --username and --project.

[TannerGilbert]

What to you want to convert it to? This repo is specially made for converting a markdown file containing tex into a markdown file that can be displayed in github

[alecjacobson]

Basically I would love all the same functionality but not requiring the README.tex.md to be in a directory with .git repo. So, it would still generated a README.md and svg/ folder of math equations. These could be viewed or processed with something other than github.

[TannerGilbert]

I'll try to remove the dependency on Git if I have time for it. Doesn't look like a small task, since most of the code is really heavily focused on being used with Git.

[rene-d]

I have proposed a PR for this issue. #42