From: "Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
To: "Eric Blake" <ebb9@byu.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, bug-gnulib <bug-gnulib@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Problem with case-insensitive file cleanup
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 15:32:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <81b0412b0705030632k5056ffc9sada117111598006d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4639DA65.3030401@byu.net>
On 5/3/07, Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> wrote:
> Right now, the gnulib repository is mastered in CVS but mirrored by git (I
> am still awaiting the day that Jim decides that his hooks are adequate
> enough that git can be the master and CVS provided by git-cvsserver).
> Earlier this week, I reported a problem when two case-insensitive files
> were created, which is a no-no for checkouts on Mac HFS+ or Windows-based
> platforms [1]. The problem was quickly corrected in CVS (note that
> _Exit.texi now lives in the attic [2]). But somehow the git repository
> still thinks that _Exit.texi belongs to the current tree [3], ...
cvs-to-git conversion seem to be buggy in this respect
> What needs to happen to get rid of the _Exit.texi listing in the git
> repository, so that case insensitive file systems can clone the gnulib.git
> repository?
git update-index --force-remove _Exit.texi
git commit -m 'Really removed _Exit.texi'
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-03 13:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-03 12:49 Problem with case-insensitive file cleanup Eric Blake
2007-05-03 13:32 ` Alex Riesen [this message]
2007-05-03 13:54 ` Jim Meyering
2007-05-03 21:40 ` James Youngman
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