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Re: Odd issue - The Diffs That WILL NOT DIE.

From
Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 6, 2011, 21:47 UTC
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On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:43:50 +0100, Chris Patti <cpatti@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a Homebrew installed version if Git 1.7.8 running on OSX Lion.
>
> I'm seeing a very odd issue where these diffs I didn't create keep
> recurring in a particular repository.

Could you be a little more specific about the nature of the diffs? Is it reproducible on another system? It sounds like newlines or whitespace. Does

$ git diff -w
produce the same result?
Show 14 quoted lines
>
> I've tried:
>
> * Nuking the repo and re-cloning, cloning into a totally different
> containing directory
> * git reset --hard, git checkout -- of the offending file supposedly
> containing the diffs
>
> Is there some sort of uber persistent local cache that's bound to the
> remote repository?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -Chris
>
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  1. Chris PattiDec 6, 2011
  2. Frans KlaverDec 6, 2011
  3. Carlos Martín NietoDec 6, 2011
  4. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  5. Philippe VaucherDec 7, 2011
  6. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  7. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  8. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011
  9. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  10. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  11. Carlos Martín NietoDec 7, 2011
  12. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011
  13. Robin RosenbergSep 5, 2012
  14. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011

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