From: srinivas naga vutukuri Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 04:04:16 GMT Subject: Re: problem using git on cygwin Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Hi, On 4/30/07, Johannes Schindelin 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). > 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.