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Re: Bug? Git checkout fails with a wrong error message

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YGYves Goergen <nospam.list@unclassified.de>
Date
Jan 16, 2012, 18:50 UTC
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It's getting more weird. I believe that (msys)Git doesn't really know how the filesystem on its operating system works. I have made some more changes now and want to commit them. TortoiseGit reports the files Form1.Designer.cs and Form1.designer.cs (note the case difference) as modified and ready to commit. How is that supposed to work? On Windows, file names are case-insensitive (as on MacOS X) and both names refer to the absolute same file. 'git status' has the very same listing with that same file twice.

What else is now broken in my repository?

If the index is such a problem child, how can I safely delete it completely and maybe have it regenerated if Git can't live without it?

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  1. Yves GoergenJan 12, 2012
  2. Holger HellmuthJan 13, 2012
  3. Yves GoergenJan 13, 2012
  4. Holger HellmuthJan 13, 2012
  5. Yves GoergenJan 15, 2012
  6. Holger HellmuthJan 16, 2012
  7. Yves GoergenJan 16, 2012
  8. Jeff KingJan 16, 2012
  9. Yves GoergenJan 16, 2012
  10. Jeff KingJan 16, 2012
  11. Yves GoergenJan 17, 2012
  12. Thomas RastJan 16, 2012
  13. Erik Faye-LundJan 16, 2012
  14. Yves GoergenJan 16, 2012
  15. Bug! Git merge also fails with a wrong error messageYves Goergen, Jan 13, 2012
  16. Jeff KingJan 13, 2012
  17. Yves GoergenJan 13, 2012
  18. Jeff KingJan 13, 2012
  19. Yves GoergenJan 13, 2012
  20. Carlos Martín NietoJan 13, 2012
  21. Yves GoergenJan 13, 2012
  22. Jakub NarebskiJan 13, 2012
  23. Yves GoergenJan 15, 2012
  24. Jakub NarebskiJan 15, 2012
  25. Thomas RastJan 17, 2012
  26. Yves GoergenJan 17, 2012
  27. Thomas RastJan 19, 2012

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