Re: checkout-index: unable to create file foo (File exists)

2012-11-05 Thread Pete Wyckoff
br...@interlinx.bc.ca wrote on Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:25 -0500: > On 12-11-04 05:10 PM, Pete Wyckoff wrote: > > Which network filesystem and OS are you using? > > The filesystem is Lustre. So not only is it networked, it is > distributed where the namespace and data store are handled by different >

Re: checkout-index: unable to create file foo (File exists)

2012-11-05 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On 12-11-04 05:10 PM, Pete Wyckoff wrote: > > Fascinating problem and observations. I thought so as well. > We've been using NFS with git for quite a while and have never > seen such an error. Could be because NFS manages to operate more atomically given that it's just the network exporting of

Re: checkout-index: unable to create file foo (File exists)

2012-11-04 Thread Pete Wyckoff
br...@interlinx.bc.ca wrote on Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:25 -0400: > When we use git on a network filesystem, occasionally and sporadically > we will see the following from a git checkout command: > > error: git checkout-index: unable to create file foo (File exists) > > Through a v

checkout-index: unable to create file foo (File exists)

2012-11-01 Thread Brian J. Murrell
When we use git on a network filesystem, occasionally and sporadically we will see the following from a git checkout command: error: git checkout-index: unable to create file foo (File exists) Through a very basic grepping and following of the source it seems that the core of the error message