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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add an option not to use link(src, dest) && unlink(src)
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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:17:11 -0700
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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:

> On Samstag, 25. April 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> If you _don't_ do this patch, does
>>
>> 	[core]
>> 		fsyncobjectfiles = true
>>
>> hide the bug?
>
> Most likely not because our fsync() on Windows is a noop :(

Actually, the reason I CC'ed Linus (and I also was interested in the
platform bug itself) was because I think Dscho is accessing the NTFS
partition from the Linux side.