Re: Files that cannot be added to the index

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 04:12:33PM -0500, Shaun Ruffell wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:59:19PM +0200, seanh wrote:
> > I'm using git version 1.7.4.4 on OSX Lion, from macports. (I was
> > having the problem on Snow Leopard too.)
> 
> Not sure if this is your problem exactly but awhile back I ran into
> something similar to what you describe and tracked it down to the
> fact that my filesystem was case insensitive. i.e.
> [...]
>   $ git commit
>   # On branch master
>   # Changes not staged for commit:
>   #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>   #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
>   #
>   #	modified:   Makefile
>   #
>   no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
> 
>   $ git add makefile 
>   $ git commit
>   # On branch master
>   # Changes not staged for commit:
>   #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>   #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
>   #
>   #	modified:   Makefile
>   #
>   no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

I think both of you may be seeing the same bug I tracked down here:

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/173612/focus=174634

Does the patch from the very end of the thread solve the problem for
you? I should probably clean it up for inclusion in git.

-Peff