Jeff King <p...@peff.net> 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 ;-).

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