Re: Probably a bug with "~" symbol in filenames on Windows 7 x64 in git 1.9.5

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jan 8, 2015, 19:42 UTC
Message-ID: <20150108194252.GA19867@peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqegr5f5ts.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 11:08:47AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> > I wonder if it is worth having a "git-only" mode for core.protectNTFS.
> > Turning it off entirely would make him susceptible to GIT~1 attacks.
> 
> Yes, I think having distinctions would make sense, but I am not sure
> if "git-only" vs "every questionable included" should be the
> classification.

Yeah, I agree with everything you said below (I should have said "security-relevant" instead of "git-only" originally). I also agree that there may be more than two classifications, but I do not know enough about the severity of the bad effects of each type to judge. I'd leave that to the folks on each platform.

-Peff

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