From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
To: Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [bug] Possible Windows 'git mv' bug
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:50:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56AE1F40.8060509@kdbg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANkmNDd8GJmKGw9zToKS1ML3tg9Cx2iYQM0E8iHCO2TuQfwmAQ@mail.gmail.com>
Am 31.01.2016 um 15:03 schrieb Aaron Gray:
> Hi,
>
> I think I have found a possible difference in behaviour between
> Windows git commandline distro and Linux git
>
> basically If I do a :-
>
> git mv logger.h Logger.h
>
> I get the following :-
>
> fatal: destination exists, source=lib/logger.h, destination=lib/Logger.h
>
> It looks and smells like a bug to me !
Not really. When you attempt to overwrite an existing file with 'git
mv', you get this error message on both Windows and Linux.
The difference is that logger.h and Logger.h are the same file on
Windows, but they are not on Linux. Hence, when you attempt to overwrite
Logger.h on Windows, you see the error because it exists already (as
logger.h).
As a work-around, you can use -f.
-- Hannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-31 14:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-31 14:03 [bug] Possible Windows 'git mv' bug Aaron Gray
2016-01-31 14:50 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2016-01-31 15:05 ` Doug Kelly
2016-01-31 15:36 ` Aaron Gray
2016-01-31 15:38 ` Aaron Gray
2016-01-31 15:52 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2016-02-01 6:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
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