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Re: `git add <<windows 8.3 path to file inside repo>>` results in "fatal: ... is outside repository"

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 12, 2019, 22:49 UTC
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Hi Jack,
On Mon, 11 Mar 2019, Jack Adrian Zappa wrote:
> Are you sure that you have 8.3 active on the partition you are using?
> IIRC, It is not on by default anymore.

It is still on by default on system drives (usually C:), but it is switched off on other drives by default.

Yet another reason not to use 8.3 format (unless this is your file's canonical name format to begin with).

Ciao, Johannes

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  1. Anthony SottileMar 10, 2019
  2. Johannes SixtMar 11, 2019
  3. Anthony SottileMar 11, 2019
  4. Torsten BögershausenMar 11, 2019
  5. Anthony SottileMar 11, 2019
  6. Jack Adrian ZappaMar 11, 2019
  7. Anthony SottileMar 11, 2019
  8. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2019

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