Re: Git Cygwin - unable to create any repository - help!

From: Paul Umbers <paul.umbers@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 16, 2008, 18:48 UTC
Message-ID: <a5eb9c330801161048x4b5a88dcsebd7cf9754f72ba6@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080116183124.GA3181@steel.home>

Latest output, log file attached:

paulumbers@Devteam29 ~/workspace/git/git-1.5.3 $ uname -a > somefile

paulumbers@Devteam29 ~/workspace/git/git-1.5.3 $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in .git/

paulumbers@Devteam29 ~/workspace/git/git-1.5.3 $ strace -o log -f -m syscall ./git --exec-path=$(pwd) add somefile

paulumbers@Devteam29 ~/workspace/git/git-1.5.3 $ git ls-files -s somefile 100644 2ed63d326ffdb2fd4b703780f4d61f1893cac63b 0 somefile

Checking .git/objects/2e ... there is no sha1 file

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>
> Ok, since you managed to compile it, could you please try to strace
> git-add? Cygwins strace is a bit unusual, but strace --help can
> provide enough information to configure it to trace filesystem
> operations.
>
> In the top-level of Git source directory:
>
>     $ uname -a > somefile
>     $ strace -o log -f -m syscall ./git --exec-path=$(pwd) add somefile
>     $ git ls-files -s somefile
>
> or
>
>     $ strace -o log -f -m syscall ./git --exec-path=$(pwd) hash-object somefile
>
> Than check if the sha1file is missing and send in the log.
>
>

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Paul Umbers MSc MBCS MIAP
paul.umbers@gmail.com