Re: separate-git-dir doesn't work with mapped drive

2013-10-19 Thread Ain Valtin
> > (This could go to msysgit mailing list, so I add a CC) > (and I think, it is a known issue) > > As a work around, could you try this: >> Downgrading to msysgit 1.8.3 fixes my problem. > and tell us if this helps you? Yes, 1.8.3 seems to work (did initial commit successfully). ain -- To unsubs

Re: separate-git-dir doesn't work with mapped drive

2013-10-19 Thread Ain Valtin
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Fredrik Gustafsson wrote: > > Git has a bad history with mapped drives in windows. It's also usually a > bad idea to use git over the network (and most mapped drives are over > the network and not local between virt. machines). > > I would advise not to use this se

separate-git-dir doesn't work with mapped drive

2013-10-19 Thread Ain Valtin
Hi I want to use git in a VirtualBox guest so that the repository is on the host drive. So in the VB settings for the guest I set up a shared folder "gitRepos" to /home/ain with full access rights. Then in the guest OS (Windows XP) I map this shared folder as G drive. Now in the project dir I exec