Re: problem using git on cygwin

From: srinivas naga vutukuri <srinivas.vutukuri@gmail.com>
Date: May 2, 2007, 04:04 UTC
Message-ID: <ace3f33d0705012104r3cf0b99ayb2ec2a69833e6ea1@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704301343020.29859@racer.site>

Hi,

On 4/30/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> 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).

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> However, if you do, maybe your .git/index went corrupt?
>
> As a workaround, you could try "git read-tree HEAD" and then "git add"
> again, but make sure you have a backup of .git/index, since it could be a
> bug in Git(cygwin) and if so, I'd like to fix it.
>

     I have taken the initial index (once repository created, after
initial commit) to backup.
and followed the above steps.

1. cp index index.orig
2. git read-tree HEAD
3. git add test.c (my new file)

But end up with the same errors. Would you think there is a bug in the git working on cygwin ?. I hope would the sequence help you in catching the bug.

> Ciao,
> Dscho
>
>

best regards, srinivas.