[U-Boot] git fsck errors with u-boot

[Liam R. Howlett]

* Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> [150630 07:29]:
> Dear "Liam R. Howlett",
> 
> In message <20150629173158.GD24644 at yow-lhowlett-d0.wrs.com> you wrote:
> > 
> > Since git 2.1, there have been a number of new fsck options added which
> > produce issues when I clone & fsck the repository
> > git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git
> ...
> > I think these issues were already reported here:
> > https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg175411.html but
> > were not reproducible.   Can you see if they can be reproduced using a
> > newer git (2.4 or 2.3) and git fsck --full ?
> 
> Indeed these have been reported before - see the full thread at [1]
> 
> [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/223976
> 
> To summarize: there is no problem with the U-Boot repository, but a
> false positive in git; the git folks are working on it, and it will
> problebly be fixed in later versions of git.  There is no need for any
> action on our side.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk

Hello Wolfgang,

Thank you very much for the summary and the link.  I appreciate your
time on this matter.

Cheers,
Liam

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