Re: using the same repo with different OS

["Stefano Spinucci" <virgo977virgo@gmail.com>]

On 2/28/07, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> Stefano Spinucci <virgo977virgo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I noticed today that my notes about compiling Git on cygwin to work
> > with FAT32 (export NO_MMAP=1) on the Wiki page WindowsInstall were
> > removed.
>
> That was me.  NO_MMAP=1 is now the default on Cygwin.

Unfortunately, the Git cygwin mantainer decided to compile git without
the NO_MMAP option (see the announcement
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2007-03/msg00005.html and a reply
to my message http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-03/msg00567.html).

Then, I guess if on the Wiki page WindowsInstall we should add a note
about recompiling manually Git to work with FAT32.


PS

On the Git cygwin announcement, the mantainer Eric Blake said:
"However, it means that this version does assume that you are not
using FAT or FAT32 to
hold your repositories, since they *do not store file permissions very
accurately*."

What file permissions are not stored accurately ???

Shouldn't be added somewhere (maybe on the GitFaq) a note about Git on
FAT32 problems (if there are any) ???


bye

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Stefano Spinucci