Re: problem with BOINC repository and CR/LF

From: Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 18, 2012, 01:56 UTC
Message-ID: <CAH5451=xiipSKrAb_DFXCW=+NAn+mnSm1zPzjhEVc8fZ2KGcnw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <50CF41EB.1060402@gmx.de>

On 18 December 2012 03:01, Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@gmx.de> wrote:

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> On 12/17/2012 12:38 PM, Andrew Ardill wrote:
>> On 17 December 2012 21:23, Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@gmx.de> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm faced with this situation :
>>> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/private/boinc_alpha/2012-December/017371.html
>>> and even a "git stash" doesn't help.
>>
>> Hi Toralf,
>>
>> That list is private and not visible without an account. Can you
>> transcribe the relevant parts?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Andrew Ardill
>>
> Oh of course :
>
>
> On 12/17/2012 12:03 AM, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
>> So if you have further issues with boinc feel free to look in our debian
>> git and feel free to download appropriate patches :-)
>>
>> Gianfranco
> thx
>
> Currently I'm struggling with a git problem of the boinc repository
> itself and b/c I'm using git for the linux kernel tree w/o any problems
> since eons /me wonders whether this is a BOINC-repository specific problem :
>
>
> After doing the following sequence with git 1.8.0.2 :
>
> $> git clone git://boinc.berkeley.edu/boinc.git
> $> cd boinc
> $> git checkout client_release_7.0.39
> $> git checkout master
> (sometimes I've to repeat this :
>         $> git checkout client_release_7.0.39
>         $> git checkout master
> )
> I'm faced with this situation :
>
> $ git status
> # On branch master
> # Changes not staged for commit:
> #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
> #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working
> directory)
> #
> #       modified:   clientgui/AsyncRPC.cpp
> #       modified:   clientgui/sg_BoincSimpleFrame.cpp
> #
> no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
>
> (sometimes only clientgui/sg_BoincSimpleFrame.cpp is mentioned)
>
> Now these commands
>
> $ git checkout -- clientgui/AsyncRPC.cpp
> $ git checkout -- clientgui/sg_BoincSimpleFrame.cpp
>
> doesn't help - the status is still the same (and ofc now I'm no longer
> allowed to make a "git checkout" - due to un-commited changes).
>
> Now I'm wondering where to start to investigate this issue ...

Hi Toralf,

That does look like a weird issue. What operating system are you on?

What happens if you do a hard reset to the branch?

What is the ouptut of git diff --cached ?

Regards,

Andrew Ardill