Re: git checkout branch puzzle

From: Chris.Cheney <chris.cheney.nospam@tesco.net>
Date: May 6, 2010, 20:30 UTC
Message-ID: <Xns9D70DAFB1423DChrisCheneytesconet@80.91.229.10>
In-Reply-To: <Xns9D6D5CD466CE2ChrisCheneytesconet@80.91.229.10>

"Chris.Cheney" <chris.cheney.nospam@tesco.net> wrote in news:Xns9D6D5CD466CE2ChrisCheneytesconet@80.91.229.10:

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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote in
> news:20100503064053.GA20002@coredump.intra.peff.net: 
> 
>> On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 08:09:32PM +0000, Chris.Cheney wrote:
>> 
>>> Neither of our config files contain autocrlf settings, but it's
>>> something that I'll look further into. Neither of us had made recent
>>> config changes. 
>> 
>> I believe autocrlf is on by default for msysgit. But if there is
>> nothing in your config, then probably nothing changed. If you can
>> reproduce the situation, it might be worth narrowing down a simple
>> test case and posting the exact commands and output.
> 
> Thanks. Indeed, after asking here, that was to be my next step - I
> need to restock up on round tuits :-)
> 
> FWIW My money is on a rm/git-rm or a mv/git-mv "user" error.

I would have lost my money.

You were almost spot-on. It turned out that my remote collaborator was using a version of msysgit prior to the default of autocrlf being true.

We'll be recloning from a freshly built repository r.s.n.

Thanks for your help

Chris