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Two consecutive clones of a remote produces different files

Subject: Two consecutive clones of a remote produces different files

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Morten W. J.· Jul 15, 2016, 08:45 UTC · lore
Hi All.
I have experienced something weird today.

I have a repository hosted on a GitLab server on my LAN and when I clone that repository to a linux box and a windows box I get different files!

It is very hard to explain in words, so I have recorded my desktop while reproducing it, which I can do consistently:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5234017/git-clone-produces-different-results.ogv

I have no ideas what is wrong or why it behaves the way it does, but I am actually pretty scared now. The repository has been updated from as a subtree from another repository, but that should not create such behavior?

Can anybody give me some hints on what may be wrong and how I might get identical clones again?

Cheers,
    Morten
Jeff King· Jul 15, 2016, 09:42 UTC · re: Morten W. J. · lore

Re: Two consecutive clones of a remote produces different files

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:45:47AM +0200, Morten W. J. wrote:
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> I have a repository hosted on a GitLab server on my LAN and when I clone that 
> repository to a linux box and a windows box I get different files!
> 
> It is very hard to explain in words, so I have recorded my desktop while 
> reproducing it, which I can do consistently:
> 
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5234017/git-clone-produces-different-results.ogv
> 
> I have no ideas what is wrong or why it behaves the way it does, but I am 
> actually pretty scared now. The repository has been updated from as a subtree 
> from another repository, but that should not create such behavior?

Just a blind guess, but might you have two files with names that differ only in case, and on Windows one is overwriting the other because you have a case-insensitive filesystem?

Try:
  git ls-files -s | grep -i src/LogEventSubscriber.h

to see what is in the index (which is case-sensitive, and is the source from which git checks the files out into the working tree).

-Peff
Morten W. J.· Jul 15, 2016, 18:16 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

[SOLVED] Re: Two consecutive clones of a remote produces different files

Hi Jeff.

Hmmm. You are the master of blind guessing - spot on. Also, that is kind of embaressing to me. However, should your way cross mine, you hereby have a voucer for a drink after your choice as long as it is beer.

Thanks,
   Morten.
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> Just a blind guess, but might you have two files with names that differ
> only in case, and on Windows one is overwriting the other because you
> have a case-insensitive filesystem?
> 
> Try:
> 
>   git ls-files -s | grep -i src/LogEventSubscriber.h
> 
> to see what is in the index (which is case-sensitive, and is the source
> from which git checks the files out into the working tree).
> 
> -Peff

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