Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 03:07:43PM +0100, Johannes Sixt wrote: > >> Windows disallows file names that contain a star. Arrange the test setup >> to insert the file name "f*" in the repository without the corresponding >> file in the worktree. >> [...] >> - test_commit star "f*" && >> + # insert file "f*" in the commit, but in a way that avoids >> + # the name "f*" in the worktree, because it is not allowed >> + # on Windows (the tests below do not depend on the presence >> + # of the file in the worktree) >> + git update-index --add --cacheinfo 100644 "$(git rev-parse HEAD:foo)" "f*" && >> + test_tick && >> + git commit -m star && > > Thanks, looks obviously correct to me. > > Sorry to break Windows again. It seems I learn about a new gotcha with > every patch series. :) Thanks, both. It appears that pushing things earlier to 'next' (and unfortunately even to 'master') rather than later seems to be the only way to help catching little gotchas like this ;-). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html