From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pascal Obry Subject: Re: Git Cygwin - unable to create any repository - help! Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:08:34 +0100 Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net Message-ID: <478CE892.9070808@obry.net> References: <20080114202932.GA25130@steel.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Alex Riesen , git@vger.kernel.org To: Paul Umbers X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jan 15 18:09:17 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JEpHm-0004cs-UW for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:09:15 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752235AbYAORIq convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:08:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752012AbYAORIq (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:08:46 -0500 Received: from smtp2e.orange.fr ([80.12.242.112]:43394 "EHLO smtp2e.orange.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751348AbYAORIp (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:08:45 -0500 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf2e06.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 292A5700009C for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:08:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.0.100] (AVelizy-151-1-66-40.w81-249.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.249.60.40]) by mwinf2e06.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id C80DC7000093; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:08:40 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20080115170840819.C80DC7000093@mwinf2e06.orange.fr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Paul Umbers a =E9crit : > The "mount" command tells me everything I have is mounted in binmode. > I have used Git on a default cygwin install (win XP pro) before and > not had this problem - that's why this is so frustrating. Not sure > what changed this time round as I tend to use defaults for most > installations. >=20 > Are you saying I need to make sure the repository directory is mounte= d > in text-mode (for Windows compatibility)? I just reinstalled cygwin, > selecting text-mode as the default. I can create a git repository, bu= t > "git add ." returns: Avoid text-mode on Windows with Cygwin. I can't help with your problem=20 but I can tell you that Git is working fine here! What about permissions for /cygdrive/c/test ? Pascal. --=20 --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.net --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595