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Re: Corrupted git repository?

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Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 16, 2011, 19:21 UTC
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:
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> On Mittwoch, 16. Februar 2011, Piotr Krukowiecki wrote:
>> I have deleted the whole top-level directory in which the file was and run:
>>
>> $ git status | grep  <<PATH>>
>> #     deleted:    <<PATH>>
>>
>> $ git checkout -- <<top dir>>
>>
>> $ git status
>> # On branch master
>> nothing to commit (working directory clean)
>>
>> $ git cherry-pick 7d193bb0c1f14908361d9d9d5e30f0c12d5f2c2f
>> error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by
>> merge: <<PATH>>
>> Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can merge.
>> Aborting
>
> A wild guess: You are on Windows or OS/X, and the file exists in your worktree
> with different uppercase/lowercase name? Rename the file so that its case is
> the same as it is recorded in the repository.
Nope, I'm on linux with case-sensitive file system.

Some commits to svn repository are coming from windows. But the cherry-picked one was my commit from linux. It was first done in git, then dcomitted to svn and then I tried to merge it to git branch - that failed.

-- 
Piotrek
Previous: Johannes Sixt
Message 5 of 5 in “Corrupted git repository?”
  1. Piotr KrukowieckiFeb 15, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2011
  3. Piotr KrukowieckiFeb 16, 2011
  4. Johannes SixtFeb 16, 2011
  5. Piotr KrukowieckiFeb 16, 2011

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