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Re: Git Cygwin - unable to create any repository - help!

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 15, 2008, 05:48 UTC
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<20080115054807.GA3694@steel.home>
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Paul Umbers, Mon, Jan 14, 2008 23:21:28 +0100:
> The "mount" command tells me everything I have is mounted in binmode.
Now that's unusual, unless you had "Text Mode" selected in the installer
> Are you saying I need to make sure the repository directory is mounted
> in text-mode (for Windows compatibility)? I just reinstalled cygwin,
> selecting text-mode as the default.

No, text-mode is definitely wrong for almost anything. It just corrupts data. Try activating binary mode.

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