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Re: [PATCH] index: be careful when handling long names

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 13, 2008, 22:53 UTC
Message-ID
<20080113225321.GA19970@steel.home>
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Junio C Hamano, Sun, Jan 13, 2008 23:36:34 +0100:
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> +test_expect_success 'very long name in the index handled sanely' '
> +
> +	a=a && # 1
> +	a=$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a && # 16
> +	a=$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a && # 256
> +	a=$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a$a && # 4096

I'd expect it to fail on some systems (everywindowsthing up to w2k, maybe some commercial unices).

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