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

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Jan 17, 2008, 18:51 UTC
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On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Paul Umbers wrote:
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> 
> Incidentally, I've tried this on two other machines at work with the
> same results. The steps to reproduce are annoyingly simple: download
> cygwin installer & execute (accept all defaults), select the packages
> specified for the binary windows install on the git wiki, try to
> create a git repository and add files. Frustrating - especially since
> my desktop at my last job worked just fine.

Is there perhaps some odd virus scanner or something that interferes with filesystem operations? It sounds like you have consistent problems on *some* machines, but others cannot reproduce them, which makes me wonder if there is some setup issue. Maybe your company machines have some DLL or something that interferes subtly with cygwin.

(Eg there might be another cygwin install hidden off somewhere?)

The "virus scanner" thing was just a random thought, but under windows it's not unheard of to have things that intercept filesystem accesses for things like that. Virus scanners, "security features", rootkits from Sony or other sources of trouble etc - you name it.

That kind of environmental difference would explain why you didn't see it on another machine, and why others seem to not be able to reproduce it either.

			Linus
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