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Re: Files need updating following a clone?

From
Matt Graham <mdg149@gmail.com>
Date
May 1, 2008, 00:32 UTC
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On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:12 PM, edpark <edpark@gmail.com> wrote:
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> This is really strange and I'm wondering if anyone here can help me
>  out.
>
>  I just cloned a remote repository and when I execute a 'git status'
>  right after it says that some files need to be updated:
>
>  utsd.txt:   needs update
>
>  If I just cloned a remote repo how did these files get modified?  How
>  can I make git realize that these files aren't modified?
>  Further, if I clone to a different machine then the git on that
>  machine doesn't indicate that any files were modified (??).

What systems are you using? Someone recently posted a probably unrelated issue when mixing macs and windows. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/80548/match=mac+modified

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