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after first git clone of linux kernel repository there are changed files in working dir

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Dec 10, 2008, 18:22 UTC
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I just fetched the sources without changing anything, but git diff shows, that there are changes that are not yet updated (changed but not updated: use git add to ...). Why is it like that?

I use msysgit on windows, maybe that is one reason?
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  1. rdkrsrDec 10, 2008
  2. Brett SimmersDec 10, 2008
  3. Hannu KoivistoJan 19, 2009
  4. An idea: maybe Git should use a lock/unlock file mode for problematic files? [Was: Re: after first git clone of linux kernel repository there are changed files in working dir]thestar@fussycoder.id.au, Jan 19, 2009
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  11. Fwd: after first git clone of linux kernel repository there are changed files in working dirrdkrsr, Dec 11, 2008
  12. Linus TorvaldsDec 11, 2008
  13. rdkrsrDec 11, 2008
  14. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Dec 11, 2008
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