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Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] read-cache.c: Handle long filenames correctly

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 11, 2012, 16:33 UTC
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Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com> writes:
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> Make git handle long file/path names (> 4096 characters) correctly.
>
> There is a bug in the current version, which causes very long
> file/pathnames to be handled incorrectly, or not even added to
> the index, if they share the first 4096 characters.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>

Ahh, I guess I should have opened my mailbox before starting to look into this myself ;-)

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Message 12 of 18 in “Replace ce_namelen() with a ce_namelen field”
  1. Replace ce_namelen() with a ce_namelen fieldThomas Gummerer, Jul 4, 2012
  2. Thomas RastJul 4, 2012
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 4, 2012
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 4, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2012
  6. Introduction of a ce_namelen fieldThomas Gummerer, Jul 6, 2012
  7. 1/2 Strip namelen out of ce_flags into a ce_namelen fieldThomas Gummerer, Jul 6, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2012
  9. 0/3 Introduction of a ce_namelen fieldThomas Gummerer, Jul 11, 2012
  10. 1/3 read-cache.c: Handle long filenames correctlyThomas Gummerer, Jul 11, 2012
  11. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 11, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2012
  13. 2/3 Strip namelen out of ce_flags into a ce_namelen fieldThomas Gummerer, Jul 11, 2012
  14. 3/3 Replace strlen() with ce_namelen()Thomas Gummerer, Jul 11, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2012
  17. 2/2 Replace strlen() with ce_namelen()Thomas Gummerer, Jul 6, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2012

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