Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/1] cygwin: Remove the Win32 l/stat() functions

>>> You have just described my second patch! :D
>> Unfortunately, I have not had any time to work on the patch this weekend.
>> However, despite the patch being a bit rough around the edges, I decided
>> to send it out (see below) to get some early feedback.
>>
>> Note that it passes the t3210, t3211, t5500, t3200, t3301, t7606 and t1301
>> tests, but I have not run the full test suite.
>>
>> Comments welcome.
>>
>> ATB,
>> Ramsay Jones
>>
>> -- >8 --
>> Subject: [PATCH] cygwin: Add fast_[l]stat() functions
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
>> ---
>>  builtin/apply.c        |  6 +++---
>>  builtin/commit.c       |  2 +-
>>  builtin/ls-files.c     |  2 +-
>>  builtin/rm.c           |  2 +-
>>  builtin/update-index.c |  2 +-
>>  check-racy.c           |  2 +-
>>  compat/cygwin.c        | 12 ------------
>>  compat/cygwin.h        | 10 +++-------
>>  diff-lib.c             |  2 +-
>>  diff.c                 |  2 +-
>>  entry.c                |  4 ++--
>>  git-compat-util.h      | 13 +++++++++++--
>>  help.c                 |  5 +----
>>  path.c                 |  9 +--------
>>  preload-index.c        |  2 +-
>>  read-cache.c           |  6 +++---
>>  unpack-trees.c         |  8 ++++----
>>  17 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
>>

> I managed to apply your patch on next, and run the test suite before and after
> your patch.
> The performance running "git status" on a linux kernel is the same as in v1.8.3.
> 
> Running test suite did not show new failures.
> The following test cases had failed, and are fixed now:
> < t1400-update-ref
> < t3210-pack-refs
> < t3211-peel-ref
> < t3306-notes-prune
> < t5304-prune
> < t5404-tracking-branches
> < t5500-fetch-pack
> < t5505-remote
> < t5514-fetch-multiple
> < t5515-fetch-merge-logic
> < t6030-bisect-porcelain
> < t9300-fast-import
> < t9903-bash-prompt
> 
> In short: Thanks, This looks good to me.