Re: problem using git on cygwin

From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date: May 2, 2007, 11:55 UTC
Message-ID: <abwne8y7.fsf@cante.net>
In-Reply-To: <ace3f33d0705012104r3cf0b99ayb2ec2a69833e6ea1@mail.gmail.com>

"srinivas naga vutukuri" <srinivas.vutukuri@gmail.com> writes:

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> Hi,
>
> On 4/30/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, srinivas naga vutukuri wrote:
>>
>> > $ git add project/test.c
>> > error: bad index file sha1 signature
>> > fatal: index file corrupt
>>
>> I could imagine that you do not have "binary mode" default for opening
>> files.
>
>       i do't think it is in binary mode when opening the files. I am
> used vim to create a new file and editing through that. And also am
> used file format (set ff=unix).

I think Johannes meant Cygwn filesystem mount attributes. Please run

    $ mount

And you should see "binmode". Here are examples:

    D:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
    D:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
    D:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
    E:\data\src on /usr/src type system (binmode)

If not, you need to remount directories with "-b" option. See man mount(1)

Jari