{"thread":{"id":"32213","subject":"Why is this known by git but not by gitk","startedAt":"2012-11-27T17:50:32Z","lastAt":"2012-11-28T00:19:56Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Kevin O'Gorman","Felipe Contreras"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"204008","messageId":"CAGVXcSYQprvqacDV_EjVSboiao3J8CcOoHwFeUgjJYoyos4e_A@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"32213","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Why is this known by git but not by gitk","fromName":"Kevin O'Gorman","fromEmail":"kogorman@gmail.com","sentAt":"2012-11-27T17:50:32Z","receivedAt":"2012-11-27T17:50:32Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kogorman@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"I just converted a SourceForge CVS repo to git using cvs2svn.  One\ndirectory in the result is named CVSROOT and everything would be fine,\nbut I wan to know why gitk does not see it.\n\nGit itself does not report it either, but it lets me \"git rm -r\nCVSROOT\" and stages the change.\n\nI just want to know what's up with this before I commit myself to\nusing this converted repo.\n\n--\nKevin O'Gorman\n\nprogrammer, n. an organism that transmutes caffeine into software.\n"},{"id":"204069","messageId":"CAMP44s30-3BQeEU-c2vG8nonXEs=thQ704VZpyOMYVsYBsWmCw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"32213","inReplyTo":"CAGVXcSYQprvqacDV_EjVSboiao3J8CcOoHwFeUgjJYoyos4e_A@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Why is this known by git but not by gitk","fromName":"Felipe Contreras","fromEmail":"felipe.contreras@gmail.com","sentAt":"2012-11-28T00:19:56Z","receivedAt":"2012-11-28T00:19:56Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"felipe.contreras@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8358?v=4"},"body":"On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com> wrote:\n> I just converted a SourceForge CVS repo to git using cvs2svn.  One\n> directory in the result is named CVSROOT and everything would be fine,\n> but I wan to know why gitk does not see it.\n>\n> Git itself does not report it either, but it lets me \"git rm -r\n> CVSROOT\" and stages the change.\n>\n> I just want to know what's up with this before I commit myself to\n> using this converted repo.\n\nIs it present in the .gitignore file?\n\n-- \nFelipe Contreras\n"}]}