Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754174AbZGKEnc (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:43:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751244AbZGKEnW (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:43:22 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:58348 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751143AbZGKEnW (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:43:22 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:41:07 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Andrew Price cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: once again, what's with "drivers/char/vr41xx_giu.c"? In-Reply-To: <20090711013212.GA1252@sucs.org> Message-ID: References: <20090711013212.GA1252@sucs.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1778 Lines: 48 On Sat, 11 Jul 2009, Andrew Price wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 05:06:49AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > on an occasional basis (after pulls), i get: > > > > $ git diff > > diff --git a/drivers/char/vr41xx_giu.c b/drivers/char/vr41xx_giu.c > > deleted file mode 100644 > > index e69de29..0000000 > > $ > > > > not the first time i've seen that, either. methinks that file got > > itself into a funny state. > > No need to panic, ... i never panic -- i always know where my towel is. > it just looks like somebody left an empty file without 'git rm'ing > it. When you run 'make distclean' for example, it removes all empty > files and leaves you with an unclean checkout. You can get the > (empty) file back by 'git checkout'ing the file. But yes, you > shouldn't have to. Anyway, CCing Linus to bring it to his attention. i knew it was something like that as i recall whining about *exactly* this happening many months ago with a different file, i just couldn't remember the cause. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday "Kernel Newbie Corner" column @ linux.com: http://cli.gs/WG6WYX ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/