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Subject:	Re: [1.7] git checkout or clean fails to unlink submodule
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On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 17:26, Eric Blake wrote:
> According to David Antliff on 11/22/2009 9:20 PM:
>> Any suggestions how to investigate this further? Is there some way
>> that Windows or Cygwin is somehow preventing the deletion of this
>> directory?
>
> More likely, this is due to the fact that git submodule is still an
> interface in progress, and this is likely to be an upstream limitation.
> I'd see if you can reproduce it on Linux, and if so, report it upstream.
> Which reminds me, I need to package a newer version of git soon.

Ok, I'll see if I can reproduce in Linux in the next day or two.

I would be happy to test (as in, use day to day) a newer version of
git on Cygwin if you do package a new one for 1.7 :)

-- David.

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