From: Johannes Sixt Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:02:21 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent buffer overflows when path is too big Message-ID: <52657A3D.8090609@kdbg.org> In-Reply-To: Am 21.10.2013 03:31, schrieb Duy Nguyen: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Antoine Pelisse wrote: >> My main motive was to not *stop* the process when a long path is met. >> Because somebody created a repository on Linux with a long file-name >> doesn't mean you should not be able to clone it *at all* on Windows. > > That should be handled at the Windows compatibility layer if Windows > cannot handle long paths as Linux Naah... PATH_MAX is a silly, arbitrary limit. The Git data model does not forbid paths longer than PATH_MAX, be it 4096 or 260. A generic solution is needed. > (or maybe at higher level to skip > checking out those paths). More like this, yeah. -- Hannes -- -- *** Please reply-to-all at all times *** *** (do not pretend to know who is subscribed and who is not) *** *** Please avoid top-posting. *** The msysGit Wiki is here: https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki - Github accounts are free. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "msysGit" group. To post to this group, send email to msysgit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to msysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, and view previous threads, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/msysgit?hl=en_US?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "msysGit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to msysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.