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Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] Fix GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES that contain symlinks

From
Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>
Date
Feb 20, 2013, 06:20 UTC
Message-ID
<51246B31.6000605@mit.edu>
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<508E0FAC.5050600@alum.mit.edu>
On 10/29/2012 01:10 AM, Michael Haggerty wrote:
> How do you use GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES that the proposed changes cause a
> slowdown?
Sorry to bring up this old thread again, but I just realized why my 
computer has been acting so slow when I’m not connected to the network. 
  I put various network filesystem paths in $GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES, 
such as /afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a/n/andersk (to avoid hitting its 
parents /afs/athena.mit.edu, /afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a, and 
/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a/n which all live in different AFS volumes). 
Now when I’m not connected to the network, every invocation of Git, 
including the __git_ps1 in my shell prompt, waits for AFS to timeout.

Obviously I’m going to stop using $GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES now that I know what the problem is, but I figured you might want to know why this feature is now useless for me.

Anders
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Message 19 of 26 in “Fix GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES that contain symlinks”
  1. 0/8 Fix GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES that contain symlinksMichael Haggerty, Oct 21, 2012
  2. 1/8 Introduce new static function real_path_internal()Michael Haggerty, Oct 21, 2012
  3. 2/8 real_path_internal(): add comment explaining use of cwdMichael Haggerty, Oct 21, 2012
  4. 3/8 Introduce new function real_path_if_valid()Michael Haggerty, Oct 21, 2012
  5. 4/8 longest_ancestor_length(): use string_list_split()Michael Haggerty, Oct 21, 2012
  6. 5/8 longest_ancestor_length(): take a string_list argument for prefixesMichael Haggerty, Oct 21, 2012
  7. 6/8 longest_ancestor_length(): require prefix list entries to be normalizedMichael Haggerty, Oct 21, 2012
  8. Johannes SixtOct 22, 2012
  9. 7/8 normalize_ceiling_entry(): resolve symlinksMichael Haggerty, Oct 21, 2012
  10. 8/8 string_list_longest_prefix(): remove functionMichael Haggerty, Oct 21, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2012
  12. Michael HaggertyOct 22, 2012
  13. David AguilarOct 29, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 29, 2012
  15. Michael HaggertyOct 29, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2012
  17. David AguilarNov 13, 2012
  18. Michael HaggertyNov 15, 2012
  19. Anders KaseorgFeb 20, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2013
  21. [RFC] Provide a mechanism to turn off symlink resolution in ceiling pathsMichael Haggerty, Feb 20, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2013
  24. Michael HaggertyFeb 22, 2013
  25. Anders KaseorgFeb 20, 2013
  26. Lars DamerowOct 29, 2012

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