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Re: Cannot reset a repo

From
Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date
Dec 6, 2014, 12:14 UTC
Message-ID
<5482F32C.40709@web.de>
In-Reply-To
<5482DA16.4080509@wwWendt.de>
On 2014-12-06 11.27, Martin Wendt wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> I am facing this problem:
> 
>   - Using git version 1.9.3 (Apple Git-50)
>   - cloned a fork from GitHub to my local machine:
> https://github.com/mar10/cdnjs/
>   - This repo seems to be broken in some way.
>     At least it is not clean from the beginning and I am not able to reset
>     `git reset --hard` only toggles the modified file from
> ".../sortable" to ".../Sortable" and back
>     (see attached screenshot)
> 
> Is this a known problem (with case sensitivity)? 
I think so
>Any suggestions how to  fix it?

Try to rename Sortable into Sortable.u: git mv Sortable Sortable.upper (When that does not work) git mv sortable sortable.lower

If this is not an option, use a USB Stick, format it with HFS+ "case sensitive" and clone the repo to the stick

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