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Can git be tweaked to work cross-platform, on FAT32?

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FSFlorian v. Savigny <lorian@fsavigny.de>
Date
Dec 13, 2006, 15:58 UTC
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Hi there,

I would like to use git to develop a somewhat larger Perl project which I would need to test and develop under both Linux and Windows, i.e. I would need a repository on a FAT32 partition (to my knowledge, still the only filesystem that can be fully accessed from both OSes - correct me if I'm wrong) which could be accessed by two compatible git executables, such that I could switch back and forth.

Before describing how I (unsuccessfully, which is perhaps not surprising, as I'm C-illiterate) hacked the Makefile to compile two git siblings, I would like to generally ask whether this is possible at all (or should be possible in theory, in which case I'm willing to test extensively), whether with Cygwin or not. The preliminary impression was that the Linux version would not accept a repository on FAT32 (it did work with more Unixish filesystems). - I do not need the networking capabilities, BTW (standalone development), if that is an issue in any way.

Thanks for any hint!
Florian
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                                               Florian von Savigny
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