Re: Crash when clone includes magic filenames on Windows

From: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date: Feb 10, 2018, 09:31 UTC
Message-ID: <20180210093140.GA11525@tor.lan>
In-Reply-To: <CAH8yC8nodewYm-J3ye5Lnq-Zf9JziejL8L3TxTEwVoq8hD--HA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 03:55:58AM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote:

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> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I'm seeing this issue on Windows: https://pastebin.com/YfB25E4T . It
> seems the filename AUX is the culprit. Also see
> https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20031022-00/?p=42073 .
> (Thanks to Milleneumbug on Stack Overflow).
> 
> I did not name the file, someone else did. I doubt the filename will be changed.
> 
> Searching is not turning up much information:
> https://www.google.com/search?q=git+"magic+filenames"+windows
> 
> Does anyone know how to sidestep the issue on Windows?
> 
> Jeff

Thanks for the report.

(Typically nobody (tm) here on the list opens a web-browser to look at external
 material, so here is a shortened version of the pastebin:)

error: unable to create file crypto_stream/lexv2/e/v2/schwabe/sparc-2/e/aux.c: No such file or directory error: unable to create file crypto_stream/lexv2/e/v2/schwabe/sparc-2/e/aux.s: No such file or directory Segmentation fault: 99% (26526/26793)

There are actually 2 problems:
- The filenames named aux.c
  It could be that git -c core.longpaths=true clone xxx
  works, but I don't have a Windows box to test at the moment-

- The crash
  Which Git version do you use?
  It may be a good idea to report it here
  https://github.com/git-for-windows/git