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Re: [PATCH 6/5] NUL hack to create_file()

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 29, 2008, 18:26 UTC
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Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:
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> On Wed, 28 May 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> This is not meant for application to the mainline.  It allows your git to
>> refuse to create a blob whose name is "nul".
>
> I assume this is so you can test git's response to a defective filesystem 
> without actually having a defective filesystem?

Exactly. I should have mentioned it so that people did not have to waste their brain cycles pointing out prn and other stuff. Sorry.

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Message 16 of 20 in “"best effort" checkout”
  1. 0/5 "best effort" checkoutJunio C Hamano, May 29, 2008
  2. 1/5 "git checkout -- paths..." should error out when paths cannot be writtenJunio C Hamano, May 29, 2008
  3. 2/5 checkout: make reset_clean_to_new() not die by itselfJunio C Hamano, May 29, 2008
  4. 3/5 checkout: consolidate reset_{to_new,clean_to_new|()Junio C Hamano, May 29, 2008
  5. 4/5 unpack_trees(): allow callers to differentiate worktree errors from merge errorsJunio C Hamano, May 29, 2008
  6. 5/5 checkout: "best effort" checkoutJunio C Hamano, May 29, 2008
  7. 6/5 NUL hack to create_file()Junio C Hamano, May 29, 2008
  8. Johannes SixtMay 29, 2008
  9. Marius Storm-OlsenMay 29, 2008
  10. Johannes SixtMay 29, 2008
  11. Daniel BarkalowMay 29, 2008
  12. Brian DessentMay 29, 2008
  13. Daniel BarkalowMay 29, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinMay 29, 2008
  15. Daniel BarkalowMay 29, 2008
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2008
  17. Alex RiesenMay 29, 2008
  18. Mark LevedahlMay 29, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 30, 2008
  20. Mark LevedahlMay 30, 2008

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