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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Efficient way to import snapshots?
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:47:54 -0700
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>> I guess so, but can higher stage entries have cached stat
>> information that are valid and match the working tree?
>
> Probably unlikely, but I could imagine that it's the case for things that 
> failed to merge entirely (ie binaries), where you end up just saying "pick 
> the old/base binary", and it ends up matching in stage1.

Probably.  In any case, what I'll commit will have the stage#0
check, just to be safe anyway.

Thanks for the sanity.  Really appreciate it.