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

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NWNicholas Wourms <nwourms@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 17, 2008, 18:53 UTC
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Alex Riesen wrote:
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> Paul Umbers, Wed, Jan 16, 2008 22:44:10 +0100:
>> Here's the log from the latest strace.
> 
> Something is fishy here (aside from the horrible selection of
> information in the trace output):
>

That is a matter of opinion. Besides, Cygwin's strace was designed first and foremost with debugging the Cygwin dll in mind. Perhaps the choice of name for the utility was a poor one, since it implies that it ought to be the same as the official strace.

As for the matter at hand:

First, *you must* make sure you inspect every directory in your PATH for other copies of cygwin1.dll. Sometimes, without telling you, other software packages will distribute the cygwin1.dll. Often times this is an older version of that dll. If there are any these found outside of the Cygwin installation tree, you must remove them from your PATH.

Secondly, reinstalling Cygwin by rerunning setup is not enough. Cygwin is pretty self-contained and non-invasive (contrary to the popular FUD spread by MinGWists), but it does have 2 Registry keys which should be axed if you want a clean install. They are:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cygnus Solutions

Lastly, has the user actually tried reporting this problem to "cygwin@cygwin.com"? That is the proper list for reporting problems with official cygwin packaged applications. Both the maintainer of the "git" Cygwin package and the core Cygwin developers monitor that list, so you are much more likely to get a solution to your problem there. Nevertheless, it does seem that in this case it might be a problem with git's handling of failures to create hard links. But do keep this in mind for future reference.

Cheers, Nicholas

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  5. Paul UmbersJan 15, 2008
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