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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, 15:32 UTC
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2008/9/24 Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>:
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> Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2008/9/24 Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>:
>> >
>> > However Dmitry pointed out that he has cases where this faster
>> > function doesn't work correctly, and it was path specific. Some
>> > areas of the filesystem work, others don't, on the same system.
>>
>> Huh?! What are they? What paths require cygwin's handling
>> which aren't handled already? (the absolute paths are handled).
>
> Cygwin lets you mount a filesystem at a different part of the
> filesystem.

Ewwww... Yes, you're right. Disgusting feature. Just when I thought Cygwin cannot get any worse... Config parameter looks like the only way to workaround that.

> Sort of like Linux's mount -t bind (IIRC).

Except that in Linux the binding is part of the filesystem namespace, not a special knowledge of some stupid library.

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Message 11 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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