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Re: [PATCH] add GIT_FAST_STAT mode for Cygwin

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 24, 2008, 14:42 UTC
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2008/9/24 Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>:
> it works fine in almost all practical cases I aware of, but I cannot
> guarantee identical behavior in _all_ cases.
Well, make it as good as MSys/Cygwin's and no one asks for your guarantee.
> Frankly, I don't have strong preference here neither for making this
> fast version always work nor leave it conditional (perhaps, with the
> default setting use-fast-version). So, whatever the majority decides
> is fine with me.
I'm voting for compile-time configuration then.
>> Besides it will remove your setup code, which looks bigger and provoked
>> more discussion than the real subject itself.
>
> I believe Shawn wanted it to be configurable on per-repository basis.
which, I believe, is pointless.
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Message 7 of 25 in “add GIT_FAST_STAT mode for Cygwin”
  1. add GIT_FAST_STAT mode for CygwinDmitry Potapov, Sep 23, 2008
  2. Alex RiesenSep 23, 2008
  3. Dmitry PotapovSep 23, 2008
  4. Jakub NarebskiSep 23, 2008
  5. Alex RiesenSep 24, 2008
  6. Dmitry PotapovSep 24, 2008
  7. Alex RiesenSep 24, 2008
  8. Shawn O. PearceSep 24, 2008
  9. Alex RiesenSep 24, 2008
  10. Shawn O. PearceSep 24, 2008
  11. Alex RiesenSep 24, 2008
  12. Shawn O. PearceSep 23, 2008
  13. Dmitry PotapovSep 23, 2008
  14. Shawn O. PearceSep 23, 2008
  15. Dmitry PotapovSep 23, 2008
  16. Shawn O. PearceSep 23, 2008
  17. Dmitry PotapovSep 23, 2008
  18. Shawn O. PearceSep 23, 2008
  19. Johannes SixtSep 23, 2008
  20. Dmitry PotapovSep 23, 2008
  21. Johannes SixtSep 23, 2008
  22. Dmitry PotapovSep 23, 2008
  23. Add a "fast stat" mode for CygwinMarcus Griep, Sep 27, 2008
  24. Alex RiesenSep 27, 2008
  25. Dmitry PotapovSep 27, 2008

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