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Re: [PATCH v2] Make git selectively and conditionally ignore certain stat fields

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Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
Date
Jan 20, 2013, 19:51 UTC
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----- Ursprungligt meddelande -----
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> That configurability is a slipperly slope to drag us into giving
> users
> more complexity that does not help them very much, I suspect.
> 
> Earlier somebody mentioned "size and mtime is often enough", so I
> think a single option core.looseStatInfo (substitute "loose" with
> short, minimum or whatever adjective that is more appropriate---I am
> not good at picking phrases, it sounds to me a way to more loosely
> define stat info cleanliness than we usually do) that makes us
> ignore all fields (regardless of their zero-ness) other than those
> two fields might not be a bad way to go.
Would something like this be good?

core.statinfo = default = all fields minimal = whole seconds of mtime and size medium = seconds, nanos of mtime and size nonzero = all non-zero fields

-- robin
Previous: Ramsay JonesNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 15 of 29 in “Perform minimal stat comparison when some stat fields are not set”
  1. Perform minimal stat comparison when some stat fields are not setRobin Rosenberg, Dec 5, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2012
  3. Robin RosenbergDec 6, 2012
  4. Johannes SixtDec 6, 2012
  5. Robin RosenbergDec 6, 2012
  6. Make git selectively and conditionally ignore certain stat fieldsRobin Rosenberg, Jan 14, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2013
  8. Robin RosenbergJan 14, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2013
  10. Robin RosenbergJan 15, 2013
  11. Johannes SixtJan 15, 2013
  12. Robin RosenbergJan 15, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2013
  14. Ramsay JonesJan 16, 2013
  15. Robin RosenbergJan 20, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2013
  17. Enable minimal stat checkingRobin Rosenberg, Jan 22, 2013
  18. Johannes SixtJan 22, 2013
  19. Torsten BögershausenJan 22, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2013
  21. Robin RosenbergJan 22, 2013
  22. Jeff KingMay 6, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2013
  24. deprecate core.statinfo at Git 2.0 boundaryJunio C Hamano, May 7, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2013
  26. Jeff KingMay 7, 2013
  27. Robin RosenbergMay 7, 2013
  28. Make git selectively and conditionally ignore certain stat fieldsRobin Rosenberg, Jan 14, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2013

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