Re: Zero-length ARM headers in git HEAD

[Linus Walleij]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.

Thanks,
Linus Walleij
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