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Re: using the same repo with different OS

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SSStefano Spinucci <virgo977virgo@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 17, 2007, 14:17 UTC
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<906f26060703170717t52094994taefad640c52c7faa@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2/28/07, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
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> Stefano Spinucci <virgo977virgo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I noticed today that my notes about compiling Git on cygwin to work
> > with FAT32 (export NO_MMAP=1) on the Wiki page WindowsInstall were
> > removed.
>
> That was me.  NO_MMAP=1 is now the default on Cygwin.

Unfortunately, the Git cygwin mantainer decided to compile git without the NO_MMAP option (see the announcement http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2007-03/msg00005.html and a reply to my message http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-03/msg00567.html).

Then, I guess if on the Wiki page WindowsInstall we should add a note about recompiling manually Git to work with FAT32.

PS

On the Git cygwin announcement, the mantainer Eric Blake said: "However, it means that this version does assume that you are not using FAT or FAT32 to hold your repositories, since they *do not store file permissions very accurately*."

What file permissions are not stored accurately ???

Shouldn't be added somewhere (maybe on the GitFaq) a note about Git on FAT32 problems (if there are any) ???

bye

--- Stefano Spinucci

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  3. Johannes SchindelinFeb 25, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 25, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2007
  7. Stefano SpinucciFeb 28, 2007
  8. Shawn O. PearceFeb 28, 2007
  9. Stefano SpinucciMar 12, 2007
  10. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2007
  11. Stefano SpinucciMar 17, 2007

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