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Re: linux-2.6 clone with CygWin git

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David Brown <git@davidb.org>
Date
Nov 9, 2007, 15:03 UTC
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<20071109150306.GA20531@old.davidb.org>
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On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 07:29:07AM -0700, Medve Emilian wrote:
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>#       modified:   include/linux/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.h
>
>Can somebody please double-check this scenario for me just to validate
>that this happens only due to some particular factors combination on my
>box?

It's because of the case-insensitive nature of the filesystem. The kernel contains both an xt_connmark.h and an xt_CONNMARK.h file, that are different. But only one exists on Windows, so git sees the first one it wrote as having been modified.

David
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