On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 11:31:13AM +0000, Yaroslav Kuzmin wrote: > So . I try running bisect.pl > > (16:23) RS12 : PDKUZM | ~/ussport/perl/perl-git > :> perl Porting/bisect.pl --start 3b6c52ce7d --end 716a866437e -e 'exit > (uc("\x{587}") ne "\x{535}\x{552}");' > This checkout is not clean, found file(s): > .gitattributes > 1 modified, untracked, or other file(s) > These files may not show in git status as they may be ignored. > Can't run a bisect using a dirty directory containing > Porting/bisect-runner.pl. > That took 1 seconds. > > I can not remove this file. This file is very important for the system z/OS
Can't you just move .gitattributes to $GIT_DIR/info/attributes (or whatever the z/OS equivalent is)? https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes -- "You may not work around any technical limitations in the software" -- Windows Vista license