Re: [BUG] Clones from local repositories do not work correctly under Windows

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Apr 12, 2024, 06:56 UTC
Message-ID: <2f069d1f-aa4a-4259-9cc5-dcf912f59a17@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <44020a6a-707f-4505-adde-e79cda63d711@amyspark.me>

Am 11.04.24 um 19:03 schrieb L. E. Segovia:

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> Thank you for filling out a Git bug report!
> Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue.
> 
> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
> 
> Under Windows 10 21H2, I cloned a Git repository off an existing local
> copy, then applied a patch to it using `git am`.

This is an imprecise description of what you did. I did my best to follow these instructions, but could not reproduce the problem mentioned below.

You should post the commands you have given with their output.

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> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
> 
> Operations on the repo like `git status` and `git log` should work out
> of the box.
> 
> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
> 
> I keep getting this error:
> 
>> error: unable to normalize alternate object path:
> /c/Users/Amalia/.cache/cerbero-sources/librsvg-2.40.20/.git/objects

What is this .cache here?

-- Hannes