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Re: Status shows untracked directory without any untracked file in it

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 6, 2012, 22:04 UTC
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On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 09:30:20AM -0700, Alexander Kostikov wrote:
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> Windows. 1.7.9.msysgit.0
> 
> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe. What git version and what platform are you on? There was a bug in
> > versions of git earlier than v1.7.8 that showed the symptom you describe
> > on case-insensitive filesystems. It was fixed by commit 2548183, which
> > contains more details.

Your version should have the fix, so it may be a new issue. Is it easily reproducible? Can you share a short reproduction recipe, or possibly share the repo showing the problem?

-Peff
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  1. Alexander KostikovApr 6, 2012
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  3. Johannes SixtApr 6, 2012
  4. Jeff KingApr 6, 2012
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