From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:49:09 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] setup/rev-parse: allow HEAD to be spelled 'head' Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <47080AC4.3040902@catalyst.net.nz> Hi, On Sun, 7 Oct 2007, Sam Vilain wrote: > Alex Riesen wrote: > > Sam Vilain, Fri, Oct 05, 2007 05:09:10 +0200: > >> If the repository got mangled by FAT capitalization rules, then a ref > >> such as "HEAD" will become "head" once it is back on a non-FAT FS. > >> Check for this condition in resolve_refs and in the setup code. > >> > >> Suggested-by: Francois Marier > >> Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain > >> --- > >> This should probably help people putting their git repos on > >> FAT USB sticks. > > > > Can the people just mount FAT partitions with shortname=mixed? > > Of course, that is probably a solution to the problem, whereas my patch > is a workaround. > > Now, I realise that this might open a can of worms ... would we also > want to go looking for files called "pack-ab~1.pac" ? Hell, no. > Almost certainly not - but this solves the most immediate problem > experienced by people putting their git repositories onto FAT > filesystems mounted with the default options, which will say "FATAL: not > a git repository" otherwise. You certainly mean the issue of capitalization; yes, that is my experience, too. Somehow, "HEAD" is the culprit. Ciao, Dscho P.S.: seems you have quite cute coworkers.