Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:09:36 +0200 | Subject | Re: Zero-length ARM headers in git HEAD | From | Linus Walleij <> |
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On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
> the file ...$platform/mach/gpio.h is replaced with an empty file. This > disagrees with kernel tradition and kernel makefiles, where zero length > files are intentionally deleted when "make distclean" is executed. > > As a result, git sequences such as "make distclean ; git checkout master" > may fail, because several files are present in the index but not on disk, > making it appear as if modifications have been made:
Argh!
> An update, either (a) making these files non-zero length or (b) deleting the > files in git would be appreciated. Reading the commit descriptions, it > appears (a) is the correct path?
Russell already told me what to do, I just was too stupid to go back and fix it up properly so I'm doing that now.
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