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Re: [PATCH 7/6] Fix thinko in subproject entry sorting

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Apr 11, 2007, 21:51 UTC
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> In contrast, it you have two files "proj/file" and "proj.c", the "proj.c" 
> will sort alphabetically before "proj/file" in the index. The index 
> itself, of course, does not actually contain an entry "proj/", but in the 
> *tree* that gets written out, the tree entry "proj" will sort before the 
                                                                ^^^^^^
> file entry "proj.c", which is the only real magic sorting rule.

That "before" should be "after", of course, otherwise the whole explanation makes no sense..

		Linus
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