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Re: fix mktemp (remove mktemp ;)

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PJPaul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Date
Apr 17, 2005, 01:18 UTC
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<20050417025108.G2442@banaan.localdomain>
Erik wrote:
> How about putting using .git/tmp.$$ or similar as tempfile?
One could, but best to normally honor the users TMPDIR setting.
Could one 'git diff' a readonly git repository?

Perhaps someone has a reason for putting their tmp files where they choose - say a local file system in a heavy NFS environment.

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  1. fix mktemp (remove mktemp ;)Paul Jackson, Apr 16, 2005
  2. missing mkdir -p flag in gitdiff-doPaul Jackson, Apr 16, 2005
  3. optimize gitdiff-do scriptPaul Jackson, Apr 16, 2005
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