Okay, so I checked this with the previous git-core version 1:1.5.5-1, which ended up having the same problem. So, given that it was previously working with that version, I wondered if something else had changed in relation to this.
Not quite sure what this change was, but I noticed that there was a case sensitivity mount option for vfat (shortname=mixed). I suspect that the problem I observed was a change in the default mount options, resulting in git breakage. Putting in this option into /etc/fstab ended up fixing my problem. ~$ cat /proc/mounts /dev/sda6 /itsshared vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed 0 0 ~$ cd /itsshared/ /itsshared$ mkdir git-test /itsshared$ cd git-test /itsshared/git-test$ git-init Initialized empty Git repository in .git/ /itsshared/git-test$ ls .git HEAD branches config description hooks info objects refs /itsshared/git-test$ git-ls-files && echo 'cake!' cake! so, this bug should probably be closed as not a 'git-core' problem, or changed to a different package. Anyway, I'm happy now, because git is working again. David Hall (gringer) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
