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Problem with filename containing '?'

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KAKurt Ablinger <kurt.ablinger@bs-ag.com>
Date
Mar 29, 2019, 13:10 UTC
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<1c1c5d858d8b431fb96b1d48044c00b7@bs-ag.com>
Hello,
in Linux the git-client accepts (add, commit, push) files with '?' (questionmark)  in its name.
When cloning such a repository into Eclipse (eGit/jGit) the repository-clone is rejected with an 'Invalid Path'-message with the ?-filename.

Under Linux it is possible to create a clone (the same git-binary used to checkin the ?-file) without any message. But the directory containing the ?-file is silently discarded whatever you checkout (master/HEAD, first or any other commit containing this file).

Git-version is 2.17.0 Linux - Cent/OS: 2.6.32-754.10.1.el6.x86_64 - GNU/Linux

More information needed ?

Greetings and a have nice weekend Kurt

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