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Re: Can git be tweaked to work cross-platform, on FAT32?

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SSStefano Spinucci <virgo977virgo@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 17, 2006, 14:33 UTC
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I just tried to use git writing to my FAT32 formatted usb stick.

On windows XP, I compiled git with and without NO_D_TYPE_IN_DIRENT, but after the following actions I always got the error "fatal: Unable to write new index file" or "fatal: unable to create '.git/index': File exists":

mkdir git-test-repo cd git-test-repo git-init-db echo iii>test git add test git commit -m "test msg" echo ooo>test1 git add test1 ***error***

converting the stick to NTFS I have no problems.
any hint ???
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  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 13, 2006
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  4. Florian v. SavignyDec 16, 2006
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  7. Stefano SpinucciDec 17, 2006
  8. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2006
  9. Juergen RuehleDec 17, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2006
  11. Stefano SpinucciDec 18, 2006
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  14. Dan NicholsonDec 19, 2006
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