Re: [PATCH] index: be careful when handling long names
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- Jan 14, 2008, 21:03 UTC
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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano, Mon, Jan 14, 2008 00:08:07 +0100: > ... >> I would agree that it might overflow the argument limit when >> this is given to "echo", though. We cannot do much about it, >> but you may have cleverer ideas. > > I thought about conditionally disabling the test, like it was done > when the tabs in filenames had to be tested.
Yes, we can and should do that when somebody reports this (or any other tests) a real issue, as we have done for other tests.