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Re: [PATCH 5/9] update-index: add --checkout/--no-checkout to update CE_NO_CHECKOUT bit

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 18, 2008, 18:59 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 11:04:05AM +0700, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
>
>> +test_expect_success 'setup' '
>> +	mkdir sub &&
>> +	touch 1 2 sub/1 sub/2 &&
>> +	git add 1 2 sub/1 sub/2
>
> Mind-boggling, but this manages to break on Solaris. Fix is
> below.

I tend to avoid "touch", not specifically for this reason, but surely this is another reason why ">sub/1" is much better way to create a throw-away file ;-)

> Note that this has implications for 'touch "$FOO" "$BAR"'
> used in scripts if FOO might be entirely numeric. However, a
> quick grep shows we usually touch one file at a time.
You can always do:
	: >>"$FOO"
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Message 12 of 23 in “Sparse checkout (first half)”
  1. 0/9 Sparse checkout (first half)Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 1, 2008
  2. 1/9 Extend index to save more flagsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 1, 2008
  3. 2/9 Introduce CE_NO_CHECKOUT bitNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 1, 2008
  4. 3/9 ls-files: add options to support sparse checkoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 1, 2008
  5. 4/9 update-index: refactor mark_valid() in preparation for new optionsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 1, 2008
  6. 5/9 update-index: add --checkout/--no-checkout to update CE_NO_CHECKOUT bitNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 1, 2008
  7. 6/9 ls-files: Add tests for --sparse and friendsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 1, 2008
  8. 7/9 Prevent diff machinery from examining worktree outside sparse checkoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 1, 2008
  9. 8/9 checkout_entry(): CE_NO_CHECKOUT on checked out entries.Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 1, 2008
  10. 9/9 grep: skip files outside sparse checkout areaNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Oct 1, 2008
  11. Jeff KingNov 18, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2008
  14. Jeff KingNov 19, 2008
  15. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 20, 2008
  16. Jeff KingNov 20, 2008
  17. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 20, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2008
  19. Santi BéjarOct 1, 2008
  20. Santi BéjarOct 1, 2008
  21. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 1, 2008
  22. Santi BéjarOct 1, 2008
  23. Santi BéjarOct 2, 2008

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