Re: [git-users] Error when merging iscsi/nodes directory from linux to windows because of colon in filename

2015-07-02 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 10:07:17 +0200 Konrád Lőrinczi wrote: [...] > > > As for the git sparse checkout it is a good idea, but I'm afraid, > > > that if I ignore iscsi/nodes path, then this will be OK for > > > Windows, but on Debian, in case of a data loss & need of restore, > > > these files will

Re: [git-users] Error when merging iscsi/nodes directory from linux to windows because of colon in filename

2015-06-20 Thread Konrád Lőrinczi
My use case: I want to store /etc directory content in git to: - keep backup of server settings - keep change history - easily restore previous state in case of wrong changes - edit the /etc settings locally on Windows, then push to Linux/Debian server I missed change history especially when modi

Re: [git-users] Error when merging iscsi/nodes directory from linux to windows because of colon in filename

2015-06-19 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:08:00 +0200 Konrád Lőrinczi wrote: > Thanks very much for your answer! > It is really a deeply technical answer. > Maybe are you one of developers of GIT? Thanks! No, I'm a mere enthusiast. [...] > As for bare repo it doesn't make possible to edit under Windows, then > c

Re: [git-users] Error when merging iscsi/nodes directory from linux to windows because of colon in filename

2015-06-19 Thread Konrád Lőrinczi
Thanks very much for your answer! It is really a deeply technical answer. Maybe are you one of developers of GIT? I'm thinking, to send this problem to GIT developer list. As for bare repo it doesn't make possible to edit under Windows, then checkout under Debian. As for the git sparse checkout

Re: [git-users] Error when merging iscsi/nodes directory from linux to windows because of colon in filename

2015-06-19 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:41:08 -0700 (PDT) Konrád Lőrinczi wrote: [...] > But when I clone to a Windows machine I get the following error: [...] > 'iscsi/nodes/iqn.1.com.microsoft:iscsiproxy-target': Invalid argument > warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed. [...] > I understand, that Window