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Re: [PATCH] t3502: Disambiguate between file and rev by adding --

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Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Date
Nov 6, 2007, 01:17 UTC
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On Nov 5, 2007, at 5:25 PM, Alex Riesen wrote:
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> Brian Gernhardt, Sun, Nov 04, 2007 16:31:26 +0100:
>> This test failed because git-diff didn't know if it was asking for  
>> the
>> file "a" or the branch "a".  Adding "--" at the end of the ambiguous
>> commands allows the test to finish properly.
>
> To be precise: this is ambiguous only on case-challenged filesystems

Oh. I just saw the ambiguous error. Should I re-post with a more correct commit message?

~~B
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  1. t3502: Disambiguate between file and rev by adding --Brian Gernhardt, Nov 4, 2007
  2. Alex RiesenNov 5, 2007
  3. Brian GernhardtNov 6, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 6, 2007

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