Is it allowed that the git index contains a tree extension mentioning patch 'x/y/z' while the only entry in the index is a '.gitattributes' files in the root? I have such a repo in a bug report against JGit [1]. Native git has no problems with this repo but JGit can't read such an index. I am wondering whether such a index is valid. [1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=457152 -- 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