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Re: path/to/some/file: needs update

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PDPatrick Doyle <wpdster@gmail.com>
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Dec 6, 2010, 00:44 UTC
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On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:

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> Patrick Doyle <wpdster@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> path/to/some/file: needs update.
>>
>> Then things got worse... one of the messages said:
>>
>> error: Entry 'path/to/some/binaryfile' not uptodate.  Cannot merge
>
> Which commands triggered these messages? Which version of Git?
>
> AFAICT, these messages never appear anymore in normal (porcelain) use
> in recent Gits.
Ahhh... that's something.

I just checked. The box they were using is an RHEL 5 box that has 1.5.5.6 installed on it. Perhaps it's time to upgrade their git. I'll go see what repo I need to add to RHEL to get a more recent git.

Thanks.
--wpd
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  1. Patrick DoyleDec 3, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederDec 3, 2010
  3. Matthieu MoyDec 3, 2010
  4. Patrick DoyleDec 6, 2010
  5. Neal KreitzingerDec 6, 2010
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  7. Patrick DoyleDec 6, 2010
  8. Ben WaltonDec 6, 2010
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