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Re: [PATCH] make sure packs to be replaced are closed beforehand

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 10, 2008, 08:27 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
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> Nicolas Pitre schrieb:
>> Especially on Windows where an opened file cannot be replaced, make
>> sure pack-objects always close packs it is about to replace. Even on
>> non Windows systems, this could save potential bad results if ever
>> objects were to be read from the new pack file using offset from the old
>> index.
>> 
>> This should fix t5303 on Windows.
> ...
>> OK, here it is at last.  Please confirm it works on Windows before Junio 
>> merges it.
>
> I can confirm that this patch fixes t5303 on Windows (MinGW).

Thanks; it is a bit too late for tonight, but it will appear in tomorrow's 'master'.

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Message 20 of 23 in “Fix handle leak in builtin-pack-objects”
  1. Fix handle leak in builtin-pack-objectsAlex Riesen, Nov 19, 2008
  2. Johannes SixtNov 19, 2008
  3. Alex RiesenNov 19, 2008
  4. Johannes SixtNov 19, 2008
  5. Nicolas PitreNov 19, 2008
  6. Johannes SixtNov 19, 2008
  7. Nicolas PitreNov 19, 2008
  8. Alex RiesenNov 19, 2008
  9. Johannes SixtNov 19, 2008
  10. Alex RiesenNov 19, 2008
  11. Nicolas PitreNov 19, 2008
  12. Johannes SixtNov 19, 2008
  13. compat/mingw.c: Teach mingw_rename() to replace read-only filesJohannes Sixt, Nov 19, 2008
  14. Alex RiesenNov 26, 2008
  15. Nicolas PitreNov 26, 2008
  16. Alex RiesenNov 26, 2008
  17. make sure packs to be replaced are closed beforehandNicolas Pitre, Dec 9, 2008
  18. Alex RiesenDec 9, 2008
  19. Johannes SixtDec 10, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2008
  21. Alex RiesenDec 10, 2008
  22. Nicolas PitreNov 19, 2008
  23. Alex RiesenNov 19, 2008

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