{"thread":{"id":"39350","subject":"Hanging \"git mv\" on Windows bug report","startedAt":"2015-05-18T06:50:47Z","lastAt":"2015-05-19T19:19:51Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["Yuval Greenfield","Johannes Schindelin"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"261418","messageId":"CANSw7Kw7A_kn6yue9TnvGSO9dFzvX8AUZkn0W98Euf384CbnFA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"39350","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Hanging \"git mv\" on Windows bug report","fromName":"Yuval Greenfield","fromEmail":"ubershmekel@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-05-18T06:50:47Z","receivedAt":"2015-05-18T06:50:47Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"ubershmekel@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi git,\n\nHere is the command sequence that causes git to stop responding:\n\nmkdir mynewthing\ncd mynewthing\ngit init\nmkdir abc\ntouch abc/myfile\ngit add abc/myfile\ngit commit -a -m \"whatever\"\ngit mv abc tmp\ngit mv tmp Abc\n\nI wanted to change the case of a committed folder. Since windows is\ncase insensitive that's a bit harder. Perhaps with this version it's\nimpossible?\n\nHere's my git bash banner - \"Welcome to Git (version\n1.9.5-preview20141217)\". I'm on Windows 8.1 Pro.\n\nCheers,\n\nYuval\n"},{"id":"261550","messageId":"b4a67dd0e303e009a02055e2cb8785d5@www.dscho.org","threadId":"39350","inReplyTo":"CANSw7Kw7A_kn6yue9TnvGSO9dFzvX8AUZkn0W98Euf384CbnFA@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Hanging \"git mv\" on Windows bug report","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2015-05-19T13:41:26Z","receivedAt":"2015-05-19T13:41:26Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi Yuval,\n\nOn 2015-05-18 08:50, Yuval Greenfield wrote:\n\n> Here is the command sequence that causes git to stop responding:\n> \n> mkdir mynewthing\n> cd mynewthing\n> git init\n> mkdir abc\n> touch abc/myfile\n> git add abc/myfile\n> git commit -a -m \"whatever\"\n> git mv abc tmp\n> git mv tmp Abc\n> \n> I wanted to change the case of a committed folder. Since windows is\n> case insensitive that's a bit harder. Perhaps with this version it's\n> impossible?\n> \n> Here's my git bash banner - \"Welcome to Git (version\n> 1.9.5-preview20141217)\". I'm on Windows 8.1 Pro.\n\nI just tried this with Git for Windows 2.4.1.1 (developers' preview) from https://git-for-windows.github.io/ and it did not hang here (currently on a Windows 7 box). Could you try that and see whether it works for you?\n\nCiao,\nJohannes\n"},{"id":"261567","messageId":"CANSw7KxvG29k28jp8Aq2ZeeNr2i=mWuirC6Ypno=_JXs7+TPqg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"39350","inReplyTo":"b4a67dd0e303e009a02055e2cb8785d5@www.dscho.org","subject":"Re: Hanging \"git mv\" on Windows bug report","fromName":"Yuval Greenfield","fromEmail":"ubershmekel@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-05-19T17:11:58Z","receivedAt":"2015-05-19T17:11:58Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"ubershmekel@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"> $ git mv tmp Abc\n> fatal: bad source, source=tmp/myfile, destination=Abc/myfile\n\nIt works. Thanks.\n\nI'd say this page at https://git-scm.com/download/win should point to\nhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases but sadly I don't have\ntime to give you guys a pull request.\n\nhttps://github.com/git/git-scm.com/issues/537\n\nCheers and thanks,\n\nYuval\n\n\n\n\n\nOn Tue, May 19, 2015 at 6:41 AM, Johannes Schindelin\n<johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:\n> Hi Yuval,\n>\n> On 2015-05-18 08:50, Yuval Greenfield wrote:\n>\n>> Here is the command sequence that causes git to stop responding:\n>>\n>> mkdir mynewthing\n>> cd mynewthing\n>> git init\n>> mkdir abc\n>> touch abc/myfile\n>> git add abc/myfile\n>> git commit -a -m \"whatever\"\n>> git mv abc tmp\n>> git mv tmp Abc\n>>\n>> I wanted to change the case of a committed folder. Since windows is\n>> case insensitive that's a bit harder. Perhaps with this version it's\n>> impossible?\n>>\n>> Here's my git bash banner - \"Welcome to Git (version\n>> 1.9.5-preview20141217)\". I'm on Windows 8.1 Pro.\n>\n> I just tried this with Git for Windows 2.4.1.1 (developers' preview) from https://git-for-windows.github.io/ and it did not hang here (currently on a Windows 7 box). Could you try that and see whether it works for you?\n>\n> Ciao,\n> Johannes\n"},{"id":"261584","messageId":"982e5f6d4194acbb35ffcd5ea8834957@www.dscho.org","threadId":"39350","inReplyTo":"CANSw7KxvG29k28jp8Aq2ZeeNr2i=mWuirC6Ypno=_JXs7+TPqg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Hanging \"git mv\" on Windows bug report","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2015-05-19T19:19:51Z","receivedAt":"2015-05-19T19:19:51Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi Yuval,\n\nOn 2015-05-19 19:11, Yuval Greenfield wrote:\n>> $ git mv tmp Abc\n>> fatal: bad source, source=tmp/myfile, destination=Abc/myfile\n> \n> It works. Thanks.\n> \n> I'd say this page at https://git-scm.com/download/win should point to\n> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases but sadly I don't have\n> time to give you guys a pull request.\n\nIt is not ready yet. I did say \"developers' preview\", after all.\n\nCiao,\nJohannes\n"}]}