# git's use of mkdir()

1 messages from 2010-09-22 to 2010-09-22. Participants: Bruce Momjian.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25192

## Bruce Momjian, 2010-09-22 00:14

Subject: git's use of mkdir()
Message-ID: <201009220014.o8M0E2326476@momjian.us>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/201009220014.o8M0E2326476%40momjian.us

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git 1.7.3 uses mkdir as part of 'clone' with trailing slashes, e.g.
mkdir 'abc/'.  My older BSD machine does not accept that and only allows
mkdir 'abc'.

This patch, posted September 9, 2010, fixed my git problem:

	http://www.spinics.net/lists/git/msg140155.html

Hopefully this will be applied in a future git release.  Thanks.

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