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Re: Bug? Git checkout fails with a wrong error message

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 16, 2012, 21:27 UTC
Message-ID
<20120116212709.GA21770@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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<4F1494AA.1000004@unclassified.de>
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:20:42PM +0100, Yves Goergen wrote:
> On 16.01.2012 20:09 CE(S)T, Jeff King wrote:
> > What is the output of "git config core.ignorecase" in your repository?
> 
> None, i.e. an empty line.

That's odd. When the repository is first created, git will do a test to see whether the filesystem supports case-sensitivity, and will set core.ignorecase if it does not. Might this repository have been created on a different filesystem, and then moved onto the case-insensitive filesystem?

Or might it have been created by something other than core git? I don't know whether one can create a repo in TortoiseGit, or if so how it does so.

In any case, try doing:
  git config core.ignorecase true
and see if that clears up your problems.
-Peff
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  1. Yves GoergenJan 12, 2012
  2. Holger HellmuthJan 13, 2012
  3. Yves GoergenJan 13, 2012
  4. Holger HellmuthJan 13, 2012
  5. Yves GoergenJan 15, 2012
  6. Holger HellmuthJan 16, 2012
  7. Yves GoergenJan 16, 2012
  8. Jeff KingJan 16, 2012
  9. Yves GoergenJan 16, 2012
  10. Jeff KingJan 16, 2012
  11. Yves GoergenJan 17, 2012
  12. Thomas RastJan 16, 2012
  13. Erik Faye-LundJan 16, 2012
  14. Yves GoergenJan 16, 2012
  15. Bug! Git merge also fails with a wrong error messageYves Goergen, Jan 13, 2012
  16. Jeff KingJan 13, 2012
  17. Yves GoergenJan 13, 2012
  18. Jeff KingJan 13, 2012
  19. Yves GoergenJan 13, 2012
  20. Carlos Martín NietoJan 13, 2012
  21. Yves GoergenJan 13, 2012
  22. Jakub NarebskiJan 13, 2012
  23. Yves GoergenJan 15, 2012
  24. Jakub NarebskiJan 15, 2012
  25. Thomas RastJan 17, 2012
  26. Yves GoergenJan 17, 2012
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