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From: Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
To: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Subject: Commit cce8d6fdb introduces file t/t5100/nul, git tree is now incompatible with Cygwin (and probably Windows)
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 10:01:50 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <483AC2CE.7090801@gmail.com> (raw)

Beginning with the referenced commit, the git project cannot be checked 
out on Cygwin (and I assume cannot be checked out on Windows using 
msysgit, though I have not verified this) as this commit introduces the 
file "t/5100/nul." On Windows, the file name "nul" is reserved, 
regardless of path, and cannot be created or deleted. It serves 
essentially the same function as /dev/null.

As a for instance of the troubles:

git>git checkout -f origin/master
Previous HEAD position was a2f5be5... Merge branch 
'jk/maint-send-email-compose' into maint
error: git-checkout-index: unable to create file t/t5100/nul (File exists)

As this commit is part of the published master branch, I am not sure the 
correct resolution: leaving this commit in place means that any commit 
between it and a commit fixing this will always cause an error on Cygwin 
/ Windows. Of course, it *is* on the published master branch.

Mark

             reply	other threads:[~2008-05-26 14:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-26 14:01 Mark Levedahl [this message]
2008-05-26 14:25 ` Commit cce8d6fdb introduces file t/t5100/nul, git tree is now incompatible with Cygwin (and probably Windows) Johannes Schindelin
2008-05-26 17:37   ` Mark Levedahl
2008-05-26 21:28     ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-05-26 22:49       ` Mark Levedahl
2008-05-26 23:10         ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-05-26 23:15         ` Johannes Schindelin
     [not found]   ` <483ADA17.3080401@viscovery.net>
2008-05-26 21:21     ` [PATCH] Makefile: wt-status.h is also a lib header Johannes Schindelin
2008-05-26 21:54       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-26 23:03         ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-05-27 13:26   ` Commit cce8d6fdb introduces file t/t5100/nul, git tree is now incompatible with Cygwin (and probably Windows) Eric Blake
2008-05-28  6:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-28  9:46   ` Wincent Colaiuta
2008-05-28 15:53     ` Lea Wiemann
2008-05-28 15:58       ` Wincent Colaiuta
2008-05-28 21:39         ` Jakub Narebski
2008-05-29 13:22     ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-05-29 14:58       ` Wincent Colaiuta
2008-05-29 16:05         ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-05-29 16:15           ` Wincent Colaiuta
2008-05-31 17:37         ` Steffen Prohaska
2008-05-31 18:28           ` [PATCH] gitweb: Remove gitweb/test/ directory Jakub Narebski
2008-05-31 18:49             ` Wincent Colaiuta
2008-05-31 23:19               ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-06-01  0:19                 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-01  9:42                   ` Kay Sievers
2008-06-01 19:07                 ` Wincent Colaiuta
2008-06-01  1:06             ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-01  1:59               ` Jakub Narebski
2008-05-28 16:33   ` Commit cce8d6fdb introduces file t/t5100/nul, git tree is now incompatible with Cygwin (and probably Windows) Avery Pennarun
2008-05-28 17:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-28 17:46       ` Sverre Rabbelier
2008-05-28 17:52       ` Avery Pennarun
2008-05-28 18:27         ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-28 18:19       ` Daniel Barkalow
2008-05-28 18:37         ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-28 20:06           ` Daniel Barkalow
2008-05-28 20:43             ` Junio C Hamano
2008-05-28 21:19               ` [PATCH] "git checkout -- paths..." should signal error Junio C Hamano
2008-05-29  6:28                 ` Marius Storm-Olsen
2008-05-29 13:05                 ` Daniel Barkalow
2008-05-28 21:41               ` Commit cce8d6fdb introduces file t/t5100/nul, git tree is now incompatible with Cygwin (and probably Windows) Daniel Barkalow

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