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Re: [PATCH] t7606: Avoid using head as a file name

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 23, 2010, 20:27 UTC
Message-ID
<20100823202737.GC2120@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<1282594547-78944-1-git-send-email-brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>
Brian Gernhardt wrote:
> A file named 'head' gets confused with the HEAD ref on
> case-insensitive file systems.  Replace '>head' with '>head.new' to
> match the '>head.old' files they are compared to.
Ok.  (Thanks for the catch.)
Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
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  1. t7606: Avoid using head as a file nameBrian Gernhardt, Aug 23, 2010
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