From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:33:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make sure packs to be replaced are closed beforehand
Message-ID: <20081209193330.GA8877@blimp.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0812091414030.14328@xanadu.home>

Nicolas Pitre, Tue, Dec 09, 2008 20:26:52 +0100:
> Especially on Windows where an opened file cannot be replaced, make
> sure pack-objects always close packs it is about to replace. Even on
> non Windows systems, this could save potential bad results if ever
> objects were to be read from the new pack file using offset from the old
> index.
> 
> This should fix t5303 on Windows.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
> ---
...
> OK, here it is at last.  Please confirm it works on Windows before Junio 
> merges it.
> 

Will do in about 16 hours.