Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I've tested the following versions of git:
>>
>> 1.5.3.rc1.27.ga5e40
>> 1.5.2.4
>> 1.4.4.4
>
> Very strange. I'm using Debian stable git (1.4.4.4).
>
>> E.g., from a git-cloned coreutils work area,
>> "git-rm -n doc/.gitignore" should exit successfully.
>> Does that work for you?
>
> Yes. Here's the strace output for that, if it helps.
>
> Maybe you have a $HOME/.gitconfig file? I don't.
I do, but removing it makes no difference, here.
What I put there is pretty basic, after all:
[user]
email = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
name = Jim Meyering
I ran the following commands (note esp the "sh -x"):
(git clone git://cvs.sv.gnu.org/coreutils.git cu && cd cu \
&& sh -x ./bootstrap ) 2>&1 | bzip2 -9 > makerr.bz2
and put the result in http://meyering.net/tmp/makerr.bz2
What do you get from the same commands?
Comparing the differences in the sh -x output should
help us get to the bottom of this.
