{"thread":{"id":"15927","subject":"git and filesystem problems (ext3 and vfat)","startedAt":"2008-10-16T16:03:30Z","lastAt":"2008-10-16T16:33:42Z","messageCount":5,"participants":["Ian Brown","Michael J Gruber","David Tweed"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"93212","messageId":"d0383f90810160903p6f8ffe77o86fdad5387f82481@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"15927","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git and filesystem problems (ext3 and vfat)","fromName":"Ian Brown","fromEmail":"ianbrn@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-10-16T16:03:30Z","receivedAt":"2008-10-16T16:03:30Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"ianbrn@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hello, ]\n\n I have a diskOnKey which has a vfat filesystem.\nI ran there:\ngit clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git\nthe I copied all the wireless-2.6 folder to an ext3 partition.\nThere I ran git diff.\n\nI get many messages like these (probably on all files of the repository):\n\ndiff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING\ndeleted file mode 100644\nindex ca442d3..0000000\n--- a/COPYING\n+++ /dev/null\n@@ -1,356 +0,0 @@\n-\n\nand then all the lines of the file with \"-\" in the beginning, as if\nthey are empty.\n\nWhy is it so ?\nIs there any way to overcome it ?\nMust I run \"git clone\" on an ext3 DiskOnKey only ?\n\nRegards,\nIan\n"},{"id":"93214","messageId":"48F76936.3010801@drmicha.warpmail.net","threadId":"15927","inReplyTo":"d0383f90810160903p6f8ffe77o86fdad5387f82481@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git and filesystem problems (ext3 and vfat)","fromName":"Michael J Gruber","fromEmail":"git@drmicha.warpmail.net","sentAt":"2008-10-16T16:17:58Z","receivedAt":"2008-10-16T16:17:58Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"git@grubix.eu","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/233215?v=4"},"body":"Ian Brown venit, vidit, dixit 16.10.2008 18:03:\n> Hello, ]\n> \n> I have a diskOnKey which has a vfat filesystem.\n> I ran there:\n> git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git\n> the I copied all the wireless-2.6 folder to an ext3 partition.\n\nHow did you copy it?\n\n> There I ran git diff.\n> \n> I get many messages like these (probably on all files of the repository):\n> \n> diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING\n> deleted file mode 100644\n> index ca442d3..0000000\n> --- a/COPYING\n> +++ /dev/null\n> @@ -1,356 +0,0 @@\n> -\n> \n> and then all the lines of the file with \"-\" in the beginning, as if\n> they are empty.\n> \n> Why is it so ?\n> Is there any way to overcome it ?\n> Must I run \"git clone\" on an ext3 DiskOnKey only ?\n\ngit diff gives you the difference between the index and the work tree.\nThe index is the one you copied from vfat; git doesn't see the files on\nthe ext3 work tree. Do you see them with ls?\n\nOne by one I would try\n\ngit status\ngit reset\ngit reset --hard\n\nin order to reconcile your index with your checkout. You probably need\nthe last one.\n\nMichael\n"},{"id":"93215","messageId":"e1dab3980810160922n1cbd99c7r40239e0ae10f5657@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"15927","inReplyTo":"d0383f90810160903p6f8ffe77o86fdad5387f82481@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git and filesystem problems (ext3 and vfat)","fromName":"David Tweed","fromEmail":"david.tweed@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-10-16T16:22:49Z","receivedAt":"2008-10-16T16:22:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"david.tweed@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Ian Brown wrote:\n> Hello, ]\n>\n> I have a diskOnKey which has a vfat filesystem.\n> I ran there:\n> git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git\n> the I copied all the wireless-2.6 folder to an ext3 partition.\n> There I ran git diff.\n>\n> I get many messages like these (probably on all files of the repository):\n>\n> diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING\n> deleted file mode 100644\n> index ca442d3..0000000\n> --- a/COPYING\n> +++ /dev/null\n> @@ -1,356 +0,0 @@\n> -\n>\n> and then all the lines of the file with \"-\" in the beginning, as if\n> they are empty.\n\nThe first question is what do the directories on the vfat and ext3\ndisks look like? Are the files like COPYING present in both directory\ntrees (so git is wrong at that point of the diff) or has something\ngone wrong earlier?\n\n> Why is it so ?\n> Is there any way to overcome it ?\n> Must I run \"git clone\" on an ext3 DiskOnKey only ?\n\nI have certainly cloned onto a vfat partition with no problems,\nalthough I've always done it with a --bare clone because a lot of my\nrepos have had case sensitive filenames and I've had some problems\nwith the \"git dirent reading code reads back different case file names\nthan it wrote out and gets confused\". If you're only transporting the\nrepo on the stick, I'd definitely do it via \"git clone --bare\" just to\nreduce the potential for problems.\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":"93216","messageId":"d0383f90810160923m60ec95d8v8550a611f91176b6@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"15927","inReplyTo":"48F76936.3010801@drmicha.warpmail.net","subject":"Re: git and filesystem problems (ext3 and vfat)","fromName":"Ian Brown","fromEmail":"ianbrn@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-10-16T16:23:53Z","receivedAt":"2008-10-16T16:23:53Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"ianbrn@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hello,\nThanks for you quick answer.\n\nls shows the files.\n\ngit status shows:\nfatal: Not a git repository\nRegards,\nIB\n\nOn Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Michael J Gruber\n wrote:\n> Ian Brown venit, vidit, dixit 16.10.2008 18:03:\n>> Hello, ]\n>>\n>> I have a diskOnKey which has a vfat filesystem.\n>> I ran there:\n>> git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git\n>> the I copied all the wireless-2.6 folder to an ext3 partition.\n>\n> How did you copy it?\n>\n>> There I ran git diff.\n>>\n>> I get many messages like these (probably on all files of the repository):\n>>\n>> diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING\n>> deleted file mode 100644\n>> index ca442d3..0000000\n>> --- a/COPYING\n>> +++ /dev/null\n>> @@ -1,356 +0,0 @@\n>> -\n>>\n>> and then all the lines of the file with \"-\" in the beginning, as if\n>> they are empty.\n>>\n>> Why is it so ?\n>> Is there any way to overcome it ?\n>> Must I run \"git clone\" on an ext3 DiskOnKey only ?\n>\n> git diff gives you the difference between the index and the work tree.\n> The index is the one you copied from vfat; git doesn't see the files on\n> the ext3 work tree. Do you see them with ls?\n>\n> One by one I would try\n>\n> git status\n> git reset\n> git reset --hard\n>\n> in order to reconcile your index with your checkout. You probably need\n> the last one.\n>\n> Michael\n>\n"},{"id":"93217","messageId":"e1dab3980810160933q30577344uf9b26c9ef0789576@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"15927","inReplyTo":"d0383f90810160923m60ec95d8v8550a611f91176b6@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git and filesystem problems (ext3 and vfat)","fromName":"David Tweed","fromEmail":"david.tweed@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-10-16T16:33:42Z","receivedAt":"2008-10-16T16:33:42Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"david.tweed@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Ian Brown wrote:\n> Hello,\n> Thanks for you quick answer.\n>\n> ls shows the files.\n\nI'm assuming this is on both the vfat and ext3 disks? All the\nfilenames' cases are correct?\n\n> git status shows:\n> fatal: Not a git repository\n> Regards,\n> IB\n\nThe error message unfortunately really means \"git couldn't find\n_everything_ needed to be a repository\" without saying what precisely\nit had problems finding. Educated guess: Have a look in the .git\ndirectory on each disk. Is there a file called 'HEAD' or has its case\nbeen changed?\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"}]}