GitHub Desktop: "This file is empty"

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Franck Dernoncourt picture Franck Dernoncourt · Jan 1, 2016 · Viewed 9.4k times · Source

The file naaclhlt2016.tex is not empty on the client or in the repository, however GitHub Desktop displays "This file is empty". What could explain this?

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The file naaclhlt2016.tex is present on GitHub repository:

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git status:

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It creates conflict when I try to sync:

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Answer

VonC picture VonC · Jan 2, 2016

After discussion, if the change of the tex file is only in term of metadata (and not actual file content change, after a latex recompilation), the GitHub Desktop might be unable to display any change.

Since it detects no change even though the git status list this file, it falls back to a "this file is empty" message.

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