From: David Tweed Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:33:42 GMT Subject: Re: git and filesystem problems (ext3 and vfat) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Ian Brown 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? -- 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