From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 12:37:31 GMT
Subject: Re: problem using git on cygwin
Message-ID: <81b0412b0705020537g485012ffr75d5ee2c7dc600f9@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <ace3f33d0705012104r3cf0b99ayb2ec2a69833e6ea1@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/2/07, srinivas naga vutukuri <srinivas.vutukuri@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, srinivas naga vutukuri wrote:
> >
> > > $ git add project/test.c
> > > error: bad index file sha1 signature
> > > fatal: index file corrupt
> >
> > I could imagine that you do not have "binary mode" default for opening
> > files.
> >
>        i do't think it is in binary mode when opening the files. I am
> used vim to create a new file and editing through that. And also am
> used file format (set ff=unix).

Johannes was referring to binary mode for writing files for _cygwin_
itself, not for files the git has to manage. See "Default Text File Type"
in cygwins setup.exe (maybe even follow the link "Read more...").