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

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Jan 15, 2013, 07:02 UTC
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Am 1/15/2013 1:11, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
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> I'd say a simplistic "ignore if zero is stored" or even "ignore this
> as one of the systems that shares this file writes crap in it" may
> be sufficient, and if this is a jGit specific issue, it might even
> make sense to introduce a single configuration variable with string
> "jgit" somewhere in its name and bypass the stat field comparison
> for known-problematic fields, instead of having the user know and
> list what stat fields need special attention.

It was my suggestion to have a list of names to ignore because the answer to this question

> Is this "the user edits in eclipse and then runs 'git status' from the
> terminal" problem?

was "It is purely for performance in some situations" back then. But today, the answer is "Yes". With this new background, your suggestion to have just a single option that contains the token "jgit" may make more sense. (core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks may serve as a precedent.) The original patch was along this way, and the name contained "minimal", which I objected to.

-- Hannes
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Message 11 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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