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From: Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com>
To: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 3/3] merge-recursive: Tolerate missing file when HEAD is up to date
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:45:58 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52E2C2F6.2030909@kitware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BEK9+_ebRiodCp59DHJZExYn3N1jjtBsikSmwt-s_v_0A@mail.gmail.com>

On 01/24/2014 01:42 PM, Elijah Newren wrote:
> While this change does work for the particular new testcase you provided,
> there's a more complex case where merge-recursive is failing

I'm not surprised.  The change felt much like covering a symptom.

> it's just that we want the stat information refreshed if and only
> if the file happens to exist in the working tree.

We can add a refresh_flags argument to make_cache_entry to request
this behavior.  I'll send an updated series soon.

Thanks,
-Brad

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-01-24 19:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CABPp-BGAsrrjcZxVirzKU_VEyUM1U=4TFj18CieKKE7==c7v2A@mail.gmail.com>
2014-01-24 15:01 ` [PATCH/RFC 0/3] merge-recursive: Avoid diagnostic on empty work tree Brad King
2014-01-24 15:01   ` [PATCH/RFC 1/3] t3030-merge-recursive: Test known breakage with " Brad King
2014-01-24 16:51     ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-01-24 17:50       ` Brad King
2014-01-24 15:01   ` [PATCH/RFC 2/3] read-cache.c: Thread lstat error through make_cache_entry signature Brad King
2014-01-24 15:01   ` [PATCH/RFC 3/3] merge-recursive: Tolerate missing file when HEAD is up to date Brad King
     [not found]     ` <CABPp-BEK9+_ebRiodCp59DHJZExYn3N1jjtBsikSmwt-s_v_0A@mail.gmail.com>
2014-01-24 19:37       ` Fwd: " newren
2014-01-24 19:45       ` Brad King [this message]
2014-01-24 19:50     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-01-24 20:02       ` Brad King
2014-01-24 20:10   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] merge-recursive: Avoid diagnostic on empty work tree Brad King
2014-01-24 20:10     ` [PATCH v2 1/3] t3030-merge-recursive: Test known breakage with " Brad King
2014-01-24 20:10     ` [PATCH v2 2/3] read-cache.c: Optionally tolerate missing files in make_cache_entry Brad King
2014-01-24 20:39       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-01-24 20:10     ` [PATCH v2 3/3] merge-recursive.c: Tolerate missing files while refreshing index Brad King
2014-01-27 14:45     ` [PATCH v3 0/3] merge-recursive: Avoid diagnostic on empty work tree Brad King
2014-01-27 14:45       ` [PATCH v3 1/4] t3030-merge-recursive: Test known breakage with " Brad King
2014-01-27 14:45       ` [PATCH v3 2/4] read-cache.c: Refactor --ignore-missing implementation Brad King
2014-01-27 17:39         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-01-27 14:45       ` [PATCH v3 3/4] read-cache.c: Extend make_cache_entry refresh flag with options Brad King
2014-01-27 14:45       ` [PATCH v3 4/4] merge-recursive.c: Tolerate missing files while refreshing index Brad King

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