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Re: git 1.5.1-rc1 doesn't like empty files

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APAndy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 20, 2007, 09:26 UTC
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On Tuesday 2007 March 20 08:49, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> >> noticed, because almost nobody uses it.
> >
> > I'm not sure that's going to be true for long - the 1.5.0 release notes
> > recommended setting it (assuming you didn't need backward compatibility)
> > - which is exactly what I (and I'm sure others) did.
>
> Well, it is fixed in 'master' to be in -rc2, and that validation
> does not exist in 'maint', so no harm is done.

It wasn't the presence of the bug I was highlighting - it was the idea that nobody uses that option.

Andy
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