If the repository got mangled by FAT capitalization rules, then a ref
such as "HEAD" will become "head" once it is back on a non-FAT FS.
Check for this condition in resolve_refs and in the setup code.

Suggested-by: Francois Marier <francois@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz>
---
  This should probably help people putting their git repos on
  FAT USB sticks.

 refs.c  |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 setup.c |    7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 09a2c87..89ffb15 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -400,10 +400,30 @@ const char *resolve_ref(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *
 				}
 				list = list->next;
 			}
-			if (reading || errno != ENOENT)
-				return NULL;
-			hashclr(sha1);
-			return ref;
+			if (reading || errno != ENOENT) {
+				/*
+				 * Hack for FAT-mangled ref filenames
+				 */
+				if (strlen(ref) <= 8) {
+					char lc_name[9];
+					char* i;
+					strncpy(&lc_name, ref, 9);
+					for (i = lc_name; *i; i++) {
+						*i = tolower(*i);
+					}
+					path = git_path("%s", lc_name);
+					if (lstat(path, &st) < 0) {
+						return NULL;
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					return NULL;
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				hashclr(sha1);
+				return ref;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/* Follow "normalized" - ie "refs/.." symlinks by hand */
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 06004f1..284d7b9 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -168,8 +168,11 @@ static int is_git_directory(const char *suspect)
 		return 0;
 
 	strcpy(path + len, "/HEAD");
-	if (validate_headref(path))
-		return 0;
+	if (validate_headref(path)) {
+		strcpy(path + len, "/head");
+		if (validate_headref(path))
+			return 0;
+	}
 
 	return 1;
 }
-- 
1.5.3.2.3.g2f2dcc-dirty

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Hi,


Can we have that optionally, please?  I.e. triggered by something like 
"core.caseChallengedFS = true"?

Ciao,
Dscho

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Can the people just mount FAT partitions with shortname=mixed?

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Of course, that is probably a solution to the problem, whereas my patch
is a workaround.

Now, I realise that this might open a can of worms ... would we also
want to go looking for files called "pack-ab~1.pac" ?  Almost certainly
not - but this solves the most immediate problem experienced by people
putting their git repositories onto FAT filesystems mounted with the
default options, which will say "FATAL: not a git repository" otherwise.

Sam.
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Hi,



You certainly mean the issue of capitalization; yes, that is my 
experience, too.  Somehow, "HEAD" is the culprit.

Ciao,
Dscho

P.S.: seems you have quite cute coworkers.
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http://xkcd.com/322/
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