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From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Git Cygwin - unable to create any repository - help!
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:04:37 +0100
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Paul Umbers, Tue, Jan 15, 2008 16:21:15 +0100:
> I've just completely uninstalled (ie: deleted) and re-installed
> cygwin, ensuring that bin mode was selected for the install (I'm sure
> it was before, that's the default). "mount" confirms that everything
> is mounted in binmode.

Ok, so it is a bit more complicated...

Paul Umbers, Mon, Jan 14, 2008 18:21:44 +0100:
> Trying to create a repository under the cygwin install of git, windows
> XP Pro. I can create the initial repository OK using "git init" and
> add files using "git add .", but when I come to commit I get the
> messages:
> 
> error: invalid object d9b06fceac52f6c24357e6a7f85c601088381152
> fatal: git-write-tree: error building trees

Does the object exists at all? Try

    ls -l .git/d9/b06fceac52f6c24357e6a7f85c601088381152

Is it possible to get a hold of this repo (just the .git directly
after "git add .")? It would be interesting to see the nature of the
corruption.