{"thread":{"id":"13762","subject":"[Bug] vfat: Not a git archive","startedAt":"2008-06-02T10:20:13Z","lastAt":"2008-06-02T15:16:43Z","messageCount":8,"participants":["Thomas Christensen","David Tweed","Teemu Likonen","Stephen Sinclair"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"78349","messageId":"873anwt9ya.fsf@debian.erik.com","threadId":"13762","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[Bug] vfat: Not a git archive","fromName":"Thomas Christensen","fromEmail":"thomasc@thomaschristensen.org","sentAt":"2008-06-02T10:20:13Z","receivedAt":"2008-06-02T10:20:13Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"thomasc@thomaschristensen.org","avatar":null},"body":"Hi,\n\nI am having this issue on Debian with kernel 2.6.25 (2.6.24 works fine)\nand git 1.5.5.3.\n\n $ git push /media/KINGSTON/foo.git\n fatal: '/media/KINGSTON/foo.git': unable to chdir or not a git archive\n fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly\n\nA notable difference between these 2 kernels is this line:\n\n [ 62.575939] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT\n filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!\n\nwhich appears in 2.6.25.\n\nIf this bug should be filed against Debian I will do so.\n\n\tThomas\n"},{"id":"78350","messageId":"e1dab3980806020337x4d62dcablcf8d4385466b1b2f@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"13762","inReplyTo":"873anwt9ya.fsf@debian.erik.com","subject":"Re: [Bug] vfat: Not a git archive","fromName":"David Tweed","fromEmail":"david.tweed@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-06-02T10:37:49Z","receivedAt":"2008-06-02T10:37:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"david.tweed@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Thomas Christensen\n wrote:\n> Hi,\n>\n> I am having this issue on Debian with kernel 2.6.25 (2.6.24 works fine)\n> and git 1.5.5.3.\n>\n> $ git push /media/KINGSTON/foo.git\n> fatal: '/media/KINGSTON/foo.git': unable to chdir or not a git archive\n> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly\n>\n> A notable difference between these 2 kernels is this line:\n>\n> [ 62.575939] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT\n> filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!\n>\n> which appears in 2.6.25.\n\nI don't remember if it gives this particular error message, but some\nvfat mounting options cause the file 'HEAD' to appear to the\nfilesystem as 'head' which git doesn't like. (I don't think there any\nother basic git files which have uppercase.)It's worth having a look\nand see if that's happened.\n\n-- \ncheers, dave tweed__________________________\ndavid.tweed@gmail.com\nRm 124, School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading.\n\"while having code so boring anyone can maintain it, use Python.\" --\nattempted insult seen on slashdot\n"},{"id":"78351","messageId":"20080602103909.GB11287@mithlond.arda.local","threadId":"13762","inReplyTo":"873anwt9ya.fsf@debian.erik.com","subject":"Re: [Bug] vfat: Not a git archive","fromName":"Teemu Likonen","fromEmail":"tlikonen@iki.fi","sentAt":"2008-06-02T10:39:09Z","receivedAt":"2008-06-02T10:39:09Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tlikonen@iki.fi","avatar":null},"body":"Thomas Christensen wrote (2008-06-02 12:20 +0200):\n\n> I am having this issue on Debian with kernel 2.6.25 (2.6.24 works fine)\n> and git 1.5.5.3.\n> \n> $ git push /media/KINGSTON/foo.git\n> fatal: '/media/KINGSTON/foo.git': unable to chdir or not a git archive\n> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly\n> \n> A notable difference between these 2 kernels is this line:\n> \n> [ 62.575939] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT\n> filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!\n> \n> which appears in 2.6.25.\n> \n> If this bug should be filed against Debian I will do so.\n\nHmm, for example KDE automatically mounts VFAT filesystems with mount\noption \"utf8\" when using UTF-8 locale. VFAT uses UTF-16 in filenames and\nthe only way to convert filenames losslessly (apart from the case\ninsensitive issue) between Linux and VFAT is to use UTF-8 locale in\nLinux. I have described the subject in the Debian bug #417324:\n\nhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417324\n\nWhat locale are you using? What mount options did you use when you\nmounted the /media/KINGSTON/ filesystem?\n"},{"id":"78354","messageId":"87abi45c97.fsf@debian.erik.com","threadId":"13762","inReplyTo":"20080602103909.GB11287@mithlond.arda.local","subject":"Re: [Bug] vfat: Not a git archive","fromName":"Thomas Christensen","fromEmail":"thomasc@thomaschristensen.org","sentAt":"2008-06-02T11:04:20Z","receivedAt":"2008-06-02T11:04:20Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"thomasc@thomaschristensen.org","avatar":null},"body":"Teemu Likonen writes:\n\n> Thomas Christensen wrote (2008-06-02 12:20 +0200):\n>\n> Hmm, for example KDE automatically mounts VFAT filesystems with mount\n> option \"utf8\" when using UTF-8 locale. VFAT uses UTF-16 in filenames and\n> the only way to convert filenames losslessly (apart from the case\n> insensitive issue) between Linux and VFAT is to use UTF-8 locale in\n> Linux. I have described the subject in the Debian bug #417324:\n>\n> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417324\n>\n> What locale are you using? What mount options did you use when you\n> mounted the /media/KINGSTON/ filesystem?\n\nLANG=en_DK.UTF-8\n\n/dev/sda1 on /media/KINGSTON type vfat\n(rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=lower,uid=1000)\n\nIt is auto mounted by the Gnome desktop. I have tried to mount it\nmanually without mount options as well:\n\n/dev/sda1 on /mnt type vfat (rw)\n\nBut alas, same problem. I have been fiddling with the shortname option\nand iocharset too, also without success.\n\n\tThomas\n"},{"id":"78353","messageId":"878wxo5c79.fsf@debian.erik.com","threadId":"13762","inReplyTo":"20080602103909.GB11287@mithlond.arda.local","subject":"Re: [Bug] vfat: Not a git archive","fromName":"Thomas Christensen","fromEmail":"thomasc@thomaschristensen.org","sentAt":"2008-06-02T11:05:30Z","receivedAt":"2008-06-02T11:05:30Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"thomasc@thomaschristensen.org","avatar":null},"body":"Teemu Likonen writes:\n\n> Thomas Christensen wrote (2008-06-02 12:20 +0200):\n>\n> Hmm, for example KDE automatically mounts VFAT filesystems with mount\n> option \"utf8\" when using UTF-8 locale. VFAT uses UTF-16 in filenames and\n> the only way to convert filenames losslessly (apart from the case\n> insensitive issue) between Linux and VFAT is to use UTF-8 locale in\n> Linux. I have described the subject in the Debian bug #417324:\n>\n> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417324\n>\n> What locale are you using? What mount options did you use when you\n> mounted the /media/KINGSTON/ filesystem?\n\nLANG=en_DK.UTF-8\n\n/dev/sda1 on /media/KINGSTON type vfat\n(rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=lower,uid=1000)\n\nIt is auto mounted by the Gnome desktop. I have tried to mount it\nmanually without mount options as well:\n\n/dev/sda1 on /mnt type vfat (rw)\n\nBut alas, same problem. I have been fiddling with the shortname option\nand iocharset too, also without success.\n\n\tThomas\n"},{"id":"78355","messageId":"e1dab3980806020411ld0f40a8v60bbce46c0c0bd99@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"13762","inReplyTo":"87abi45c97.fsf@debian.erik.com","subject":"Re: [Bug] vfat: Not a git archive","fromName":"David Tweed","fromEmail":"david.tweed@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-06-02T11:11:32Z","receivedAt":"2008-06-02T11:11:32Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"david.tweed@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Thomas Christensen\n wrote:\n> Teemu Likonen writes:\n>\n>> Thomas Christensen wrote (2008-06-02 12:20 +0200):\n>>\n>> Hmm, for example KDE automatically mounts VFAT filesystems with mount\n>> option \"utf8\" when using UTF-8 locale. VFAT uses UTF-16 in filenames and\n>> the only way to convert filenames losslessly (apart from the case\n>> insensitive issue) between Linux and VFAT is to use UTF-8 locale in\n>> Linux. I have described the subject in the Debian bug #417324:\n>>\n>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417324\n>>\n>> What locale are you using? What mount options did you use when you\n>> mounted the /media/KINGSTON/ filesystem?\n>\n> LANG=en_DK.UTF-8\n>\n> /dev/sda1 on /media/KINGSTON type vfat\n> (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=lower,uid=1000)\n\nI've got shortname=mixed (but via a manually set up fstab; I don't\nknow what the automounters do.)\n\n-- \ncheers, dave tweed__________________________\ndavid.tweed@gmail.com\nRm 124, School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading.\n\"while having code so boring anyone can maintain it, use Python.\" --\nattempted insult seen on slashdot\n"},{"id":"78356","messageId":"874p8c5bim.fsf@debian.erik.com","threadId":"13762","inReplyTo":"e1dab3980806020411ld0f40a8v60bbce46c0c0bd99@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [Bug] vfat: Not a git archive","fromName":"Thomas Christensen","fromEmail":"thomasc@thomaschristensen.org","sentAt":"2008-06-02T11:20:17Z","receivedAt":"2008-06-02T11:20:17Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"thomasc@thomaschristensen.org","avatar":null},"body":"\"David Tweed\" writes:\n\n> I've got shortname=mixed (but via a manually set up fstab; I don't\n> know what the automounters do.)\n\nBingo! Thanks.\n\n\tThomas\n"},{"id":"78370","messageId":"9b3e2dc20806020816r502de6bfjd704040d15858c82@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"13762","inReplyTo":"e1dab3980806020337x4d62dcablcf8d4385466b1b2f@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [Bug] vfat: Not a git archive","fromName":"Stephen Sinclair","fromEmail":"radarsat1@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-06-02T15:16:43Z","receivedAt":"2008-06-02T15:16:43Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"radarsat1@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 6:37 AM, David Tweed wrote:\n> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Thomas Christensen\n> wrote:\n>> Hi,\n>>\n>> I am having this issue on Debian with kernel 2.6.25 (2.6.24 works fine)\n>> and git 1.5.5.3.\n>>\n>> $ git push /media/KINGSTON/foo.git\n>> fatal: '/media/KINGSTON/foo.git': unable to chdir or not a git archive\n>> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly\n>>\n>> A notable difference between these 2 kernels is this line:\n>>\n>> [ 62.575939] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT\n>> filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!\n>>\n>> which appears in 2.6.25.\n>\n> I don't remember if it gives this particular error message, but some\n> vfat mounting options cause the file 'HEAD' to appear to the\n> filesystem as 'head' which git doesn't like. (I don't think there any\n> other basic git files which have uppercase.)It's worth having a look\n> and see if that's happened.\n\nI recently had some issue where I got this \"Not a git archive\"\nmessage. Turned out it was something stupid I had done during a\nfailed filter-branch operation, related to deleting my refs. But the\nmessage \"Not a git archive\" wasn't very helpful. Finally I found that\nrecreating my refs manually (using cat) did the trick. But it would\nhave been nice to have a more specific error message along with \"Not a\ngit archive\", like \"HEAD points to refs/heads/master, but file\n.git/refs/heads/master not found.\"\n\n\nSteve\n"}]}