Re: git and filesystem problems (ext3 and vfat)
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- Ian Brown <ianbrn@gmail.com>
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- Oct 16, 2008, 16:23 UTC
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- <d0383f90810160923m60ec95d8v8550a611f91176b6@mail.gmail.com>
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- <48F76936.3010801@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Hello, Thanks for you quick answer.
ls shows the files.
git status shows: fatal: Not a git repository Regards, IB
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
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> Ian Brown venit, vidit, dixit 16.10.2008 18:03: >> Hello, ] >> >> I have a diskOnKey which has a vfat filesystem. >> I ran there: >> git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git >> the I copied all the wireless-2.6 folder to an ext3 partition. > > How did you copy it? > >> There I ran git diff. >> >> I get many messages like these (probably on all files of the repository): >> >> diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING >> deleted file mode 100644 >> index ca442d3..0000000 >> --- a/COPYING >> +++ /dev/null >> @@ -1,356 +0,0 @@ >> - >> >> and then all the lines of the file with "-" in the beginning, as if >> they are empty. >> >> Why is it so ? >> Is there any way to overcome it ? >> Must I run "git clone" on an ext3 DiskOnKey only ? > > git diff gives you the difference between the index and the work tree. > The index is the one you copied from vfat; git doesn't see the files on > the ext3 work tree. Do you see them with ls? > > One by one I would try > > git status > git reset > git reset --hard > > in order to reconcile your index with your checkout. You probably need > the last one. > > Michael >