From: David Tweed Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:37:49 GMT Subject: Re: [Bug] vfat: Not a git archive Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <873anwt9ya.fsf@debian.erik.com> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Thomas Christensen wrote: > Hi, > > I am having this issue on Debian with kernel 2.6.25 (2.6.24 works fine) > and git 1.5.5.3. > > $ git push /media/KINGSTON/foo.git > fatal: '/media/KINGSTON/foo.git': unable to chdir or not a git archive > fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly > > A notable difference between these 2 kernels is this line: > > [ 62.575939] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT > filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive! > > which appears in 2.6.25. I don't remember if it gives this particular error message, but some vfat mounting options cause the file 'HEAD' to appear to the filesystem as 'head' which git doesn't like. (I don't think there any other basic git files which have uppercase.)It's worth having a look and see if that's happened. -- cheers, dave tweed__________________________ david.tweed@gmail.com Rm 124, School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading. "while having code so boring anyone can maintain it, use Python." -- attempted insult seen on slashdot