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Re: Odd issue - The Diffs That WILL NOT DIE.

From
Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Date
Dec 6, 2011, 21:51 UTC
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<20111206215102.GA3654@centaur.lab.cmartin.tk>
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On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 04:43:50PM -0500, Chris Patti wrote:
> I have a Homebrew installed version if Git 1.7.8 running on OSX Lion.
> 
> I'm seeing a very odd issue where these diffs I didn't create keep
> recurring in a particular repository.

Which diffs? You haven't given us any? What files does this happen with? Do they have any peculiarities?

If these are files with non-ASCII filenames, then you're hitting a misfeature of the HFS+ filesystem (it lies when git asks it about files).

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> 
> I've tried:
> 
> * Nuking the repo and re-cloning, cloning into a totally different
> containing directory
> * git reset --hard, git checkout -- of the offending file supposedly
> containing the diffs
> 
> Is there some sort of uber persistent local cache that's bound to the
> remote repository?
The remote repository shouldn't have anything to do with this.
   cmn
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  1. Chris PattiDec 6, 2011
  2. Frans KlaverDec 6, 2011
  3. Carlos Martín NietoDec 6, 2011
  4. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  5. Philippe VaucherDec 7, 2011
  6. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  7. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  8. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011
  9. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  10. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  11. Carlos Martín NietoDec 7, 2011
  12. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011
  13. Robin RosenbergSep 5, 2012
  14. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011

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