Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Support hashing objects larger than 4GB on Windows
On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 02:49:51PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> Philip Oakley has contributed these patches ~4.5 years ago, and they have
> been carried in Git for Windows ever since.
>
> Now that there are already other patch series flying around that try to
> address various aspects about >4GB objects (which aren't handled well by Git
> until it stops forcing unsigned long to do size_t's job), it seems a good
> time to upstream these patches, too, at long last.
>
> Changes since v1:
>
> * Rebased to current master to resolve the conflicts with
> ps/odb-source-loose
> * Dropped the !LONG_IS_64BIT prereq from the added/touched tests, as it is
> now no longer needed
Thanks, this addresses all of my feedback.
Patrick