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

From: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Jul 24, 2013, 19:03 UTC
Message-ID: <51F02503.7030102@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <51EDBC7D.7060200@web.de>

Torsten Bögershausen wrote:

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>> ml/cygwin-updates:
>>      cygwin: stop forcing core.filemode=false
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> 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".

Indeed, the next branch is now "fixed". :-D

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>> * rj/cygwin-clarify-use-of-cheating-lstat (2013-07-18) 1 commit
>>  - cygwin: Remove the Win32 l/stat() implementation
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>>  I am personally in favor of this simpler solution.  Comments?
> Me too, thanks to all contributors

Thank you for taking the time to help address this issue!

ATB, Ramsay Jones