From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Kjetil Barvik <barvik@broadpark.no>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] better introduction of GIT with USE_NSEC defined
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:38:09 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7v8wnk4dy6.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86prgwqvzr.fsf@broadpark.no> (Kjetil Barvik's message of "Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:17:28 +0100")
Kjetil Barvik <barvik@broadpark.no> writes:
> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> ...
>> How does this affect a use case where the same index file used with two
>> instances of git (one compiled with and another without USE_NSEC)?
>
> If both persons in this use case use this patch, the one with USE_NSEC
> defined will now be able to take full advantage of the nanosecond
> timestamps at all times.
>
> The one without USE_NSEC defined should not be able to tell the
> difference (without looking into to details of the index file).
As long as the implementation does not give false cleanliness it is
perfectly fine; false dirtinesss is just a bit of wasted cycle.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-05 7:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-04 17:47 [PATCH 0/2] some few more 'git checkout' improvements Kjetil Barvik
2009-03-04 17:47 ` [PATCH 1/2] stat_tracking_info(): only count real commits Kjetil Barvik
2009-03-04 17:47 ` [PATCH 2/2] better introduction of GIT with USE_NSEC defined Kjetil Barvik
2009-03-05 0:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-03-05 7:17 ` Kjetil Barvik
2009-03-05 7:38 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2009-03-05 9:11 ` Johannes Sixt
2009-03-05 11:55 ` Johannes Sixt
2009-03-05 18:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-03-05 20:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-03-06 7:56 ` Johannes Sixt
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