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Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2013, #07; Sun, 21)

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Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
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Jul 22, 2013, 23:13 UTC
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> ml/cygwin-updates:
>      cygwin: stop forcing core.filemode=false
I like that: cygwin behaves more like Unix/Linux.

Just a side-comment: When working on NTFS, cygwin will set core.filemode=true, and as a result of that, the "cheating lstat" code is not used any more.

So it is not run under the test suite (typically NTFS), and therefore "untested by default".

> * rj/cygwin-clarify-use-of-cheating-lstat (2013-07-18) 1 commit
>  - cygwin: Remove the Win32 l/stat() implementation
>  I am personally in favor of this simpler solution.  Comments?
Me too, thanks to all contributors
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Message 11 of 12 in “What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2013, #07; Sun, 21)”
  1. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2013
  2. Eric SunshineJul 22, 2013
  3. Jens LehmannJul 22, 2013
  4. Duy NguyenJul 22, 2013
  5. Jens LehmannJul 22, 2013
  6. Jens LehmannJul 28, 2013
  7. Thomas RastJul 22, 2013
  8. Yamada SaburoJul 22, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2013
  10. John KeepingJul 22, 2013
  11. Torsten BögershausenJul 22, 2013
  12. Ramsay JonesJul 24, 2013

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