From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:35:14 GMT
Subject: Re: Probably a bug with "~" symbol in filenames on Windows 7 x64 in git 1.9.5
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On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Dmitry Bykov <pvrt74@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Recently I installed 1.9.5 git version and faced the problem that one
> of the files in my cloned repository with a name ICON~714.PNG is
> marked as deleted even repository was freshly cloned. Trying to do
> anything with that file resulted in constant "Invalid Path" errors.
> Reverting back to 1.9.4. fixed that problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Dmitry

Git had a security issue with filenames which look similar to the .git
repository.
Please see the announcement at
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1853266
(That also updated 1.9.4 -> 1.9.5)

I'm not sure if I can advice though.