[git-users] Re: Getting started with git on cygwin - can't get anywhere. What am I missing?

[munene kiruja]

Thank you all for your replies.

On Saturday, December 1, 2012 2:49:40 PM UTC-8, munene kiruja wrote:
>
> Git already came in with the cygwin install. So I thought I could just 
> start using it. After 2 days of reading and searching, not even one step 
> ahead. Anyone help. What am I doing wrong?
>
> :; git --version
> git version 1.7.9
>
> mkdir ~/dev/testGit
> cd ~/dev/testGit
> git init
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/dev/testGit/.git/
>
> now the trouble:
> :; git log
> fatal: bad default revision 'HEAD'
>
> What have I already missed?
>
> :; cat > foo.txt
> this is a test
> ^C
>
> :; git add .
> fatal: cannot use .git/info/exclude as an exclude file
>
> So I just hide the file 
>
> :; mv .git/info/exclude .git/info/exclude.bak
> :; git add .
>
> :; git status
> # On branch master
> #
> # Initial commit
> #
> # Changes to be committed:
> #   (use "git rm --cached ..." to unstage)
> #
> #   new file:   foo.txt
> #
>
> :; git commit -a
> error: bad index file sha1 signature
> fatal: index file corrupt
>
>

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[git-users] Re: Getting started with git on cygwin - can't get anywhere. What am I missing?

[munene kiruja]

I found this answer to work quite well so far, for my limited testing.  
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-09/msg00584.html. 
Basically text mounts mess everything up. Git will work on binary mounts of 
cygwin. 

On Saturday, December 1, 2012 2:49:40 PM UTC-8, munene kiruja wrote:
>
> Git already came in with the cygwin install. So I thought I could just 
> start using it. After 2 days of reading and searching, not even one step 
> ahead. Anyone help. What am I doing wrong?
>
> :; git --version
> git version 1.7.9
>
> mkdir ~/dev/testGit
> cd ~/dev/testGit
> git init
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/dev/testGit/.git/
>
> now the trouble:
> :; git log
> fatal: bad default revision 'HEAD'
>
> What have I already missed?
>
> :; cat > foo.txt
> this is a test
> ^C
>
> :; git add .
> fatal: cannot use .git/info/exclude as an exclude file
>
> So I just hide the file 
>
> :; mv .git/info/exclude .git/info/exclude.bak
> :; git add .
>
> :; git status
> # On branch master
> #
> # Initial commit
> #
> # Changes to be committed:
> #   (use "git rm --cached ..." to unstage)
> #
> #   new file:   foo.txt
> #
>
> :; git commit -a
> error: bad index file sha1 signature
> fatal: index file corrupt
>
>

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[git-users] Getting started with git on cygwin - can't get anywhere. What am I missing?

[munene kiruja]

Git already came in with the cygwin install. So I thought I could just 
start using it. After 2 days of reading and searching, not even one step 
ahead. Anyone help. What am I doing wrong?

:; git --version
git version 1.7.9

mkdir ~/dev/testGit
cd ~/dev/testGit
git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/dev/testGit/.git/

now the trouble:
:; git log
fatal: bad default revision 'HEAD'

What have I already missed?

:; cat > foo.txt
this is a test
^C

:; git add .
fatal: cannot use .git/info/exclude as an exclude file

So I just hide the file 

:; mv .git/info/exclude .git/info/exclude.bak
:; git add .

:; git status
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git rm --cached ..." to unstage)
#
#   new file:   foo.txt
#

:; git commit -a
error: bad index file sha1 signature
fatal: index file corrupt

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