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Re: [PATCH] fix bug in read-cache.c which loses files when merging a tree

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Apr 18, 2005, 22:09 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.58.0504181508040.15725@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To
<20050418215819.GH5554@pasky.ji.cz>
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Petr Baudis wrote:
> 
> So, I'm confused. Why did you introduce unpack-file instead of doing
> just this?

It was code that I already had (ie the old code from "merge-cache" just moved over), and thanks to that, I don't have to worry about broken "mktemp" crap in user space...

		Linus
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Message 5 of 5 in “fix bug in read-cache.c which loses files when merging a tree”
  1. fix bug in read-cache.c which loses files when merging a treeJames Bottomley, Apr 18, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsApr 18, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsApr 18, 2005
  4. Petr BaudisApr 18, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsApr 18, 2005

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