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Re: ANNOUNCE: Git for Windows 1.7.9

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karsten.blees@dcon.de <karsten.blees@dcon.de>
Date
Feb 9, 2012, 13:00 UTC
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Stefan Näwe <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com> wrote on 09.02.2012 09:11:03:

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> Am 09.02.2012 08:45, schrieb Stefan Näwe:
> > Am 01.02.2012 12:23, schrieb Pat Thoyts:
> >> This release brings the latest release of Git to Windows users.
> >>
> >> Pre-built installers are available from
> >> http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list
> >>
> >> Further details about the Git for Windows project are at
> >> http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/
> > 
> > I'm getting errors from 'git repack -Ad' with this version on Windows 
XP:
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> > 
> > $ /bin/git repack -Ad
> > Counting objects: 147960, done.
> > Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
> > Compressing objects: 100% (35552/35552), done.
> > Writing objects: 100% (147960/147960), done.
> > Total 147960 (delta 110699), reused 147960 (delta 110699)
> > Deletion of directory '.git/objects/01/' failed. Should I try again? 
(y/n)
> > Deletion of directory '.git/objects/05/' failed. Should I try again? 
(y/n) n
> > Deletion of directory '.git/objects/07/' failed. Should I try again? 
(y/n) n
> > Deletion of directory '.git/objects/0c/' failed. Should I try again? 
(y/n) n
> > Deletion of directory '.git/objects/10/' failed. Should I try again? 
(y/n)
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> > ....
> > 
> > 
> > A bisection pointed me to this commit (https://github.
> com/msysgit/git/commit/19d1e75):
> > 
> >  "Win32: Unicode file name support (except dirent)"
> > 
> > When I reset "/git" to this commit and recompile, 'git gc' and 
> 'git repack -Ad'
> 
>   s/this commit/parent of this commit (c5d4ecfe)/
> 

c5d4ecfe just adds unicode conversion functions without using them anywhere, so I doubt that this commit has anything to do with the error. Besides, that code was merged only this week, so its not even in the pre-built v1.7.9 installer.

Have you checked virus scanners or other background jobs that might keep the directories open?

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> > don't raise this error anymore.
> > 
> > Any ideas ?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >   Stefan
> 
> 
> -- 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
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> '73746566616e2e6e616577654061746c61732d656c656b74726f6e696b2e636f6d'.
> decode('hex')"
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Message 4 of 6 in “ANNOUNCE: Git for Windows 1.7.9”
  1. Pat ThoytsFeb 1, 2012
  2. Stefan NäweFeb 9, 2012
  3. Stefan NäweFeb 9, 2012
  4. karsten.blees@dcon.deFeb 9, 2012
  5. Stefan NäweFeb 9, 2012
  6. Atsushi NakagawaFeb 9, 2012

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