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Re: git-diff-tree rename detection bug

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Sep 15, 2005, 20:57 UTC
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
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> Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > 
> > I assume you're compiling git as 32-bit executables on your G5.  I
> > don't see any reason why the git binaries would need to be 64-bit.
> > 
> 
> Well, git seems to assume it can mmap() the entirety of any file under its
> control, so a 64-bit git could handle larger files.

But beware that the delta code would break since it currently won't cope with any file offset larger than 32 bits. I reserved the zero byte to prefix any extended encoding but felt it wasn't really needed yet and I just didn't bother coding it.

Nicolas
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Message 19 of 23 in “git-diff-tree rename detection bug”
  1. Wayne ScottSep 14, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2005
  3. Wayne ScottSep 14, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsSep 14, 2005
  5. Fix alloc_filespec() initializationLinus Torvalds, Sep 14, 2005
  6. Paul MackerrasSep 15, 2005
  7. Paul MackerrasSep 15, 2005
  8. Linus TorvaldsSep 15, 2005
  9. Paul MackerrasSep 15, 2005
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2005
  11. Josef WeidendorferSep 15, 2005
  12. Paul MackerrasSep 20, 2005
  13. Linus TorvaldsSep 15, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2005
  15. H. Peter AnvinSep 15, 2005
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2005
  17. Linus TorvaldsSep 15, 2005
  18. Matthias UrlichsSep 16, 2005
  19. Nicolas PitreSep 15, 2005
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2005
  21. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2005
  22. Linus TorvaldsSep 14, 2005
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2005

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