Re: [PATCH] Do not change the file type if the filesystem does not support symlinks.

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Feb 28, 2007, 17:53 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0702281846360.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <200702281840.07893.johannes.sixt@telecom.at>

Hi,

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Johannes Sixt wrote:

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> On Tuesday 27 February 2007 23:54, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> >
> > > @@ -125,7 +126,8 @@ static int ce_match_stat_basic(struct cache_entry
> > > *ce, struct stat *st) changed |= MODE_CHANGED;
> > >  		break;
> > >  	case S_IFLNK:
> > > -		changed |= !S_ISLNK(st->st_mode) ? TYPE_CHANGED : 0;
> > > +		if (trust_symlink_fmt && !S_ISLNK(st->st_mode))
> > > +			changed |= TYPE_CHANGED;
> >
> > This does not handle the case symlink->directory, right?
> 
> Something like:
> 
> 		if (!S_ISLNK(st->st_mode) &&
> 		    (trust_symlink_fmt || !S_ISREG(st->st_mode)))
> 			changed |= TYPE_CHANGE;

Yes.

> BTW, considering the size of the entire patch series, I'm thinking of 
> submitting it in a single patch.

Makes sense.

Ciao, Dscho