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Re: Problem with case-insensitive file cleanup

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
May 3, 2007, 13:32 UTC
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<81b0412b0705030632k5056ffc9sada117111598006d@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/3/07, Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> wrote:
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> Right now, the gnulib repository is mastered in CVS but mirrored by git (I
> am still awaiting the day that Jim decides that his hooks are adequate
> enough that git can be the master and CVS provided by git-cvsserver).
> Earlier this week, I reported a problem when two case-insensitive files
> were created, which is a no-no for checkouts on Mac HFS+ or Windows-based
> platforms [1].  The problem was quickly corrected in CVS (note that
> _Exit.texi now lives in the attic [2]).  But somehow the git repository
> still thinks that _Exit.texi belongs to the current tree [3], ...
cvs-to-git conversion seem to be buggy in this respect
> What needs to happen to get rid of the _Exit.texi listing in the git
> repository, so that case insensitive file systems can clone the gnulib.git
> repository?

git update-index --force-remove _Exit.texi git commit -m 'Really removed _Exit.texi'

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  3. Jim MeyeringMay 3, 2007
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