From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: luis Subject: Re: windows git problem Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:31:28 +0100 Organization: Test and Verification Solutions Message-ID: <4E6E5000.3040203@tandvsolns.co.uk> References: <4E6E42CE.80405@tandvsolns.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Michael Witten X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Sep 12 20:31:36 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R3BI7-0000G5-US for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:31:36 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753493Ab1ILSba (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:31:30 -0400 Received: from mx.123-reg.co.uk ([94.136.40.61]:37355 "EHLO mailex.mailcore.me" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750896Ab1ILSb3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:31:29 -0400 Received: from cpc9-hawk13-2-0-cust261.aztw.cable.virginmedia.com ([94.169.69.6] helo=[192.168.0.105]) by mail11.atlas.pipex.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R3BI1-000301-37; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:31:29 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:6.0) Gecko/20110809 Thunderbird/6.0 In-Reply-To: X-Mailcore-Auth: 10092836 X-Mailcore-Domain: 680355 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Exactly! so the next time someone (in windows) does a commit, they remove the file or the folder contents! On 12/09/11 19:05, Michael Witten wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 17:35, luis wrote: >> However when I checked out the project under windows (either clone or pull) >> one or the other would disappear and it would be staged as removed. >> >> The surprising bit for me was not so much that windows could not cope with >> the case sensitivity, but that git would stage the changes! > It would be recorded in the index as a change ready to be committed > (as though `git rm' had been used)? > -- Luis Gutierrez Test and Verification Solutions (TVS) skype: luis.tandv