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Re: after first git clone of linux kernel repository there are changed files in working dir

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HKHannu Koivisto <azure@iki.fi>
Date
Jan 19, 2009, 13:36 UTC
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rdkrsr <rdkrsr@googlemail.com> writes:
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> I just fetched the sources without changing anything, but git diff
> shows, that there are changes that are not yet updated (changed but not
> updated: use git add to ...). Why is it like that?
>
> I use msysgit on windows, maybe that is one reason?

Kernel source contains pairs of files whose names differ only by case. Windows cannot store such pairs (at least by default) and apparently there is no support for such a situation in git so you'll only get one file from each pair to your workspace and the other file is shown as modified.

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Hannu
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Message 3 of 16 in “after first git clone of linux kernel repository there are changed files in working dir”
  1. rdkrsrDec 10, 2008
  2. Brett SimmersDec 10, 2008
  3. Hannu KoivistoJan 19, 2009
  4. An idea: maybe Git should use a lock/unlock file mode for problematic files? [Was: Re: after first git clone of linux kernel repository there are changed files in working dir]thestar@fussycoder.id.au, Jan 19, 2009
  5. Daniel BarkalowJan 20, 2009
  6. John ChapmanJan 20, 2009
  7. Daniel BarkalowJan 20, 2009
  8. Alex RiesenJan 20, 2009
  9. Daniel BarkalowJan 21, 2009
  10. Alex RiesenJan 21, 2009
  11. Fwd: after first git clone of linux kernel repository there are changed files in working dirrdkrsr, Dec 11, 2008
  12. Linus TorvaldsDec 11, 2008
  13. rdkrsrDec 11, 2008
  14. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Dec 11, 2008
  15. Giuseppe BilottaDec 11, 2008
  16. Nick AndrewDec 12, 2008

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