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Crash when clone includes magic filenames on Windows

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JWJeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 10, 2018, 08:55 UTC
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Hi Everyone,

I'm seeing this issue on Windows: https://pastebin.com/YfB25E4T . It seems the filename AUX is the culprit. Also see https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20031022-00/?p=42073 . (Thanks to Milleneumbug on Stack Overflow).

I did not name the file, someone else did. I doubt the filename will be changed.

Searching is not turning up much information: https://www.google.com/search?q=git+"magic+filenames"+windows

Does anyone know how to sidestep the issue on Windows?
Jeff
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