From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
To: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix update-index --refresh for submodules if stat(2) returns st_size 0
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:46:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080722164604.GA3766@blimp.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4885897C.8010401@viscovery.net>
Johannes Sixt, Tue, Jul 22, 2008 09:17:16 +0200:
> Alex Riesen schrieb:
> > Can MSys folks please try it? I noticed it when the test
> > t2103-update-index-ignore-missing.sh (the 5th case) started failing.
>
> I tested it. mingw.git does suffer from the problem, and this fixes it.
>
Yes, I did too (at work).
> > + if ((changed & DATA_CHANGED) && (ce->ce_size != 0 || S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode)))
>
> Does this mean that ce->ce_size is non-zero for gitlinks, at least on
> Unix?
It is non-zero for directories (which is what gitlinks are in working
directories) on UNIX operating systems I met.
> Is this value useful in anyway?
Sometimes it is (the size a directory takes on storage)
> I don't think so. Then it shouldn't be a random value that lstat()
> happens to return.
The problem is: it is not random. I even suspect that Windows is the
ONLY system which has st_size 0 for directories.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-22 16:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-21 17:35 [PATCH] Fix update-index --refresh for submodules if stat(2) returns st_size 0 Alex Riesen
2008-07-21 18:20 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-21 19:43 ` Alex Riesen
2008-07-21 23:26 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-22 8:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-22 16:49 ` Alex Riesen
2008-07-22 7:17 ` Johannes Sixt
2008-07-22 16:46 ` Alex Riesen [this message]
2008-07-22 16:59 ` Johannes Sixt
2008-07-22 17:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-22 19:39 ` [PATCH] Build configuration to skip ctime for modification test Alex Riesen
2008-07-22 20:17 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-22 20:31 ` Alex Riesen
2008-07-23 0:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-23 16:46 ` Alex Riesen
2008-07-23 16:59 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-23 19:16 ` Alex Riesen
2008-07-25 2:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-25 5:55 ` Alex Riesen
2008-07-26 0:57 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-26 15:38 ` [PATCH] Make use of stat.ctime configurable Alex Riesen
2008-07-27 19:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-27 19:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-28 6:31 ` Alex Riesen
2008-07-28 16:04 ` David Brown
2008-07-28 16:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-28 21:49 ` Alex Riesen
2008-07-29 1:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-29 1:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-29 1:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-29 1:41 ` David Brown
2008-07-29 2:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-29 10:45 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-29 1:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-29 2:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-29 10:49 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-07-28 16:20 ` Petr Baudis
2008-07-28 21:47 ` [PATCH] Improve the placement of core.trustctime in the documentation Alex Riesen
2008-07-29 6:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-07-24 19:00 ` [PATCH] Do not use ctime if file mode is not used Alex Riesen
2008-07-23 16:00 ` git svn throws locale related error when built from source Anton Mostovoy
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