Re: [PATCH v7 0/3] Convert USE_NSEC to runtime config

From: Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 11, 2026, 20:16 UTC
Message-ID: <88372951-1938-43D2-88E9-E3E9A2FA2A85@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqwlsrab5f.fsf@gitster.g>

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> Le 11 sept. 2026 à 14:35, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> a écrit :
> 
> "D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Topic name: dk/use-nsec-runtime (applied)
>> 
>> Topic summary: Expose USE_NSEC as a runtime configuration, since
>> build-time is too early for distributing Git [1]. As a result, common
>> index-related options, like git-diff, are less likely to hit "racy git"
>> problems on supported filesystems.
>> 
>> [1]: https://git.github.io/rev_news/2026/07/31/edition-137/
>> 
>> Built on master (2c78326f81 (The 11th batch, 2026-08-05)).
>> 
>> Changes in v7:
>> 
>> • documentation typofix
>> • I opted not to finagle #ifdefs more [2] nor to add a "safe default
>>  when istate->repo is different from the_repository" (replies to [2])
> 
> These three match exactly what I had when I queued v6, which
> confused me quite a lot.  It turns out that I have already locally
> reworded the log message of [v6 3/3] "comparisions" ;-).
> 
> Queued.  Thanks.

Right, I should have mentioned you already had this as far as I knew. This was primarily a nudge for the (in my view?) stale What’s Cooking status :)