From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:32:47 GMT
Subject: Re: Git-SVN on Cygwin: svn+ssh good, https awkward
Message-ID: <op.usuq4xw71e62zd@balu.cs.uni-paderborn.de>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20090423T175124-165@post.gmane.org>

Am 23.04.2009, 19:58 Uhr, schrieb Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>:

> These last two points are old information.  I would first recommend that  
> you try running the new cygwin 1.7 (still in beta), where unlink()  
> semantics have been greatly improved (you can actually unlink() an  
> in-use file and recreate a new file by the same name while the old  
> handle is still open).
>
> http://cygwin.com/#beta-test

Indeed, with a fresh Cygwin 1.7 install, all this seems to work smoothly.  
I'd rather not bet on Cygwin release dates though, and can't judge on  
short notice what else will break with Cygwin 1.7... so I'd still  
appreciate help with fixing git-svn on Cygwin 1.5.

-- 
Matthias Andree