Re: linux-2.6 clone with CygWin git

["Simon Sasburg" <simon.sasburg@gmail.com>]

This is not a problem with git.

The kernel tree contains files which only differ from other files by case.

If on a case-insensitive filesystem this will cause problems like the
ones you noticed.

On Nov 9, 2007 3:29 PM, Medve Emilian <Emilian.Medve@freescale.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I noticed that something might not be right with my CygWin git (latest
> CygWin relevant build packages + a few days old git build from the next
> & master branches). When I clone, say,  Linus' tree over the native git
> protocol everything goes fine but a git-status shows this:
>
> $ git-status
> # On branch master
> # Changed but not updated:
> #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
> #
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter/xt_DSCP.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter/xt_MARK.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_CONNMARK.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_DSCP.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_ECN.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_MARK.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TCPMSS.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TOS.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TTL.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/ip6t_HL.h
> #       modified:   include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/ip6t_MARK.h
> #       modified:   net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ECN.c
> #       modified:   net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TOS.c
> #       modified:   net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TTL.c
> #       modified:   net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c
> #       modified:   net/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.c
> #       modified:   net/netfilter/xt_DSCP.c
> #       modified:   net/netfilter/xt_MARK.c
> #       modified:   net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c
> #
> no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
>
> git-fsck --strict --full finds no fault in the clone, git-reset --hard
> goes fine but changes nothing in the output of git-status. Some
> additional superficial investigation showed that git-diff doesn't even
> compare my checked out tree against the latest commit. Checkout of
> various commits shows the same issue.
>
> Can somebody please double-check this scenario for me just to validate
> that this happens only due to some particular factors combination on my
> box?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Emil.
> -
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
>