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Re: git-ls-files prefix superset problem

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Aug 1, 2006, 05:18 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0607312217420.4168@g5.osdl.org>
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<20060731.221327.26966465.davem@davemloft.net>
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, David Miller wrote:
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> 
> I had been previously using git-1.1.3 on my local repositories
> and I upgraded to the current git head:
> 
> b63fafdfd844c2037fba53b9944431c1378b4135
> 
> git commit stopped working, specifically it dies on
> git-ls-files:
> 
> davem@sunset:~/src/GIT/net-2.6$ ../git/git-ls-files -- net/ipv4/tcp.c
> fatal: git-ls-files: internal error - cache entry not superset of prefix
It should be fixed by the recent commit
	Fix up some fallout from "setup_git_directory()" cleanup
that Junio already merged.
So just update your git again, and everything should be happy.
		Linus
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