Re: Git Cygwin - unable to create any repository - help!

From: Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>
Date: Jan 15, 2008, 17:08 UTC
Message-ID: <478CE892.9070808@obry.net>
In-Reply-To: <a5eb9c330801141421g13c627e5x77afb357e2a78463@mail.gmail.com>

Paul Umbers a écrit :

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> The "mount" command tells me everything I have is mounted in binmode.
> I have used Git on a default cygwin install (win XP pro) before and
> not had this problem - that's why this is so frustrating. Not sure
> what changed this time round as I tend to use defaults for most
> installations.
> 
> Are you saying I need to make sure the repository directory is mounted
> in text-mode (for Windows compatibility)? I just reinstalled cygwin,
> selecting text-mode as the default. I can create a git repository, but
> "git add ." returns:

Avoid text-mode on Windows with Cygwin. I can't help with your problem but I can tell you that Git is working fine here!

What about permissions for /cygdrive/c/test ?

Pascal.

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