From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:56:25 GMT
Subject: Re: OS X and umlauts in file names
Message-ID: <46a038f90911270256w57487e6cq9bda8b98a5384799@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B0FA7D7.1050302@syntevo.com>

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Thomas Singer
<thomas.singer@syntevo.com> wrote:
>> toms-mac-mini:git-umlauts tom$ git rm --cached "U\314\210berla\314\210nge.txt"
>> fatal: pathspec 'U\314\210berla\314\210nge.txt' did not match any files
>
> OK, I've found it. This works (I have to complete the file name after having
> typed an U):
>
> toms-mac-mini:git-umlauts tom$ git rm --cached Überlänge.txt

Tom,

have you tried calling git-update-index --add
--stdin -z? Your original email stated

> we've got a problem report regarding our SmartGit GUI client

so it sounds like you are building a porcelain. In that case, the
sanest approach is to invoke git-update-index and write to its stdin.

cheers,



m
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