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Re: [PATCH] Do _not_ call unlink on a directory

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 17, 2007, 18:34 UTC
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Thomas Glanzmann <thomas@glanzmann.de> writes:
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>> I wonder if anybody involved in the discussion has actually
>> tested this patch (or the other one, that has the same problem)?
>
> I tested it. But I did not test it with symlinks.
>
>> Does the following replacement work for you?  It adds far more lines
>> than your version, but they are mostly comments to make it clear why
>> we do things this way.
>
> Yes, it does. Excuse the delay but my build machine is not the fastest.
>
> 	(faui04a) [/var/tmp] git clone ~/work/repositories/public/easix.git test-10
> 	Initialized empty Git repository in /var/tmp/test-10/.git/
> 	remote: Generating pack...
> 	remote: Done counting 317 objects.
> 	remote: Deltifying 317 objects...
> 	remote: te: % (317/317) done: ) done
> 	Indexing 317 objects...
> 	remote: Total 317 (delta 182), reused 278 (delta 157)
> 	100% (317/317) done
> 	Resolving 182 deltas...
> 	100% (182/182) done
> 	(faui04a) [/var/tmp] cd test-10
> 	./test-10
> 	(faui04a) [/var/tmp/test-10] git status
> 	# On branch master
> 	nothing to commit (working directory clean)

Ahhhh, by "testing", I meant "runnnig the testsuite shipped with the source". Both of your patches were failing in somewhere in t2000 series of tests.

> I rebased your patch on top of current HEAD (as I can access it on
> git.kernel.org) and removed trailing whitspace from one line (git-apply
> complained)

I am thinking that this fix should go to 'maint' and merged to 'master', as it is a grave problem in at least one setup.

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  1. Do _not_ call unlink on a directoryThomas Glanzmann, Jul 16, 2007
  2. Matthieu MoyJul 16, 2007
  3. Scott LambJul 16, 2007
  4. Thomas GlanzmannJul 16, 2007
  5. Thomas GlanzmannJul 16, 2007
  6. Linus TorvaldsJul 16, 2007
  7. Thomas GlanzmannJul 16, 2007
  8. Linus TorvaldsJul 16, 2007
  9. Thomas GlanzmannJul 16, 2007
  10. Scott LambJul 16, 2007
  11. Linus TorvaldsJul 16, 2007
  12. Scott LambJul 16, 2007
  13. Linus TorvaldsJul 16, 2007
  14. Linus TorvaldsJul 16, 2007
  15. Do _not_ call unlink on a directoryThomas Glanzmann, Jul 16, 2007
  16. Jan-Benedict GlawJul 16, 2007
  17. Brian DowningJul 16, 2007
  18. Thomas GlanzmannJul 16, 2007
  19. Linus TorvaldsJul 16, 2007
  20. Brian DowningJul 16, 2007
  21. Linus TorvaldsJul 16, 2007
  22. David KastrupJul 17, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2007
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2007
  25. Thomas GlanzmannJul 17, 2007
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2007
  27. Thomas GlanzmannJul 17, 2007
  28. Johannes SixtJul 18, 2007
  29. Thomas GlanzmannJul 18, 2007
  30. Linus TorvaldsJul 17, 2007

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