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Re: git and filesystem problems (ext3 and vfat)

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DTDavid Tweed <david.tweed@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 16, 2008, 16:33 UTC
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Ian Brown <ianbrn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Thanks for you quick answer.
>
> ls shows the files.

I'm assuming this is on both the vfat and ext3 disks? All the filenames' cases are correct?

> git status shows:
> fatal: Not a git repository
> Regards,
> IB

The error message unfortunately really means "git couldn't find _everything_ needed to be a repository" without saying what precisely it had problems finding. Educated guess: Have a look in the .git directory on each disk. Is there a file called 'HEAD' or has its case been changed?

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