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Re: ANNOUNCE: Git for Windows 1.7.9

From
Stefan Näwe <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com>
Date
Feb 9, 2012, 08:11 UTC
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Am 09.02.2012 08:45, schrieb Stefan Näwe:
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> Am 01.02.2012 12:23, schrieb Pat Thoyts:
>> This release brings the latest release of Git to Windows users.
>>
>> Pre-built installers are available from
>> http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list
>>
>> Further details about the Git for Windows project are at
>> http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/
> 
> I'm getting errors from 'git repack -Ad' with this version on Windows XP:
> 
> $ /bin/git repack -Ad
> Counting objects: 147960, done.
> Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
> Compressing objects: 100% (35552/35552), done.
> Writing objects: 100% (147960/147960), done.
> Total 147960 (delta 110699), reused 147960 (delta 110699)
> Deletion of directory '.git/objects/01/' failed. Should I try again? (y/n)
> Deletion of directory '.git/objects/05/' failed. Should I try again? (y/n) n
> Deletion of directory '.git/objects/07/' failed. Should I try again? (y/n) n
> Deletion of directory '.git/objects/0c/' failed. Should I try again? (y/n) n
> Deletion of directory '.git/objects/10/' failed. Should I try again? (y/n)
> ....
> 
> 
> A bisection pointed me to this commit (https://github.com/msysgit/git/commit/19d1e75):
> 
>  "Win32: Unicode file name support (except dirent)"
> 
> When I reset "/git" to this commit and recompile, 'git gc' and 'git repack -Ad'
  s/this commit/parent of this commit (c5d4ecfe)/
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> don't raise this error anymore.
> 
> Any ideas ?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
>   Stefan
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  1. Pat ThoytsFeb 1, 2012
  2. Stefan NäweFeb 9, 2012
  3. Stefan NäweFeb 9, 2012
  4. karsten.blees@dcon.deFeb 9, 2012
  5. Stefan NäweFeb 9, 2012
  6. Atsushi NakagawaFeb 9, 2012

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