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Re: [PATCH] setup/rev-parse: allow HEAD to be spelled 'head'

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 5, 2007, 06:51 UTC
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<20071005065139.GA2623@steel.home>
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<1191553750-25562-1-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
Sam Vilain, Fri, Oct 05, 2007 05:09:10 +0200:
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> If the repository got mangled by FAT capitalization rules, then a ref
> such as "HEAD" will become "head" once it is back on a non-FAT FS.
> Check for this condition in resolve_refs and in the setup code.
> 
> Suggested-by: Francois Marier <francois@debian.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
> ---
>   This should probably help people putting their git repos on
>   FAT USB sticks.
Can the people just mount FAT partitions with shortname=mixed?
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  1. setup/rev-parse: allow HEAD to be spelled 'head'Sam Vilain, Oct 5, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinOct 5, 2007
  3. Alex RiesenOct 5, 2007
  4. Sam VilainOct 6, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinOct 7, 2007
  6. Sam VilainOct 7, 2007

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