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Re: [BUG] Bad msysgit/egit interaction over dotfiles

From
Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@googlemail.com>
Date
Dec 8, 2009, 13:34 UTC
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<40aa078e0912080534x32fe9724xcda47ad46dbdb7c0@mail.gmail.com>
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<20091208132857.GB5425@linagora.com>
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Yann Dirson <ydirson@linagora.com> wrote:
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> I'm not sure who's at fault here - namely, I can't see any valid
> reason for eclipse to refuse such writes, but I am not sure it is a
> good reason for msysgit would set the hidden bit either.  In either
> case, even if only for the short term, I think msysgit should ensure
> that this bit does not get set (possibly circumventing any magic msys
> would do behind its back).

Setting the config option "core.hidedotfiles" to "false" should prevent this from happening.

-- 
Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund
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  1. Yann DirsonDec 8, 2009
  2. Erik Faye-LundDec 8, 2009
  3. Ferry HubertsDec 8, 2009
  4. Erik Faye-LundDec 8, 2009
  5. Yann DirsonDec 8, 2009
  6. Marius Storm-OlsenDec 9, 2009
  7. Yann DirsonDec 10, 2009
  8. Erik Faye-LundDec 14, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinDec 14, 2009

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