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Re: [RFC PATCH] rerere: fix overeager gc

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 1, 2010, 16:27 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
> Would it be possible to update the timestamp of preimage every time it is
> used (e.g., in rerere.c:merge()), and check for that?

It would be _possible_, but we are _not_ modifying the file at that point, so somehow that solution feels very wrong, no?

Previous: SZEDER GáborNext: Johannes Sixt
Message 12 of 24 in “rerere: fix overeager gc”
  1. rerere: fix overeager gcSZEDER Gábor, Jun 29, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 29, 2010
  3. Johannes SixtJun 30, 2010
  4. SZEDER GáborJun 30, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2010
  6. Johannes SixtJun 30, 2010
  7. rerere: fix overeager gcSZEDER Gábor, Jul 1, 2010
  8. Johannes SixtJul 1, 2010
  9. 1/2 mingw: utime() handles NULL times parameterSZEDER Gábor, Jul 1, 2010
  10. 1/2 mingw_utime(): handle NULL times parameterJohannes Sixt, Jul 1, 2010
  11. 2/2 rerere: fix overeager gcSZEDER Gábor, Jul 1, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2010
  13. Johannes SixtJul 2, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2010
  15. Johannes SixtJul 5, 2010
  16. rerere: fix overeager gcSZEDER Gábor, Jul 8, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2010
  18. 1/2 mingw_utime(): handle NULL times parameterSZEDER Gábor, Jul 12, 2010
  19. 2/2 rerere: fix overeager gcSZEDER Gábor, Jul 12, 2010
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2010
  21. SZEDER GáborJul 14, 2010
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2010
  23. SZEDER GáborJul 14, 2010
  24. Johannes SixtJul 8, 2010

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