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Re: [PATCH] Cast things properly to handle >2G files.

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jun 14, 2009, 20:17 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0906142215560.26154@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
Disclaimer: if you are offended by constructive criticism, or likely to
answer with insults to the comments I offer, please stop reading this mail
now (and please do not answer my mail, either). :-)
Still with me?  Good.  Nice to meet you.

Just for the record: responding to a patch is my strongest way of saying that I appreciate your work.

On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
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> This small patch fixes things so that repack, fsck, and other things
> work on >2GiB files.  There are still some other problems (cloning
> over ssh being one), but this makes it atleast possible to handle such
> files.
> 
> (not subscribed, please CC)
This is almost perfect, but please add a Signed-off-by: line.
Oh, and maybe add a test like t/t5705-clone-2gb.sh?

Ciao, Dscho

Previous: Alfred M. SzmidtNext: Nicolas Pitre
Message 2 of 23 in “Cast things properly to handle >2G files.”
  1. Cast things properly to handle >2G files.Alfred M. Szmidt, Jun 14, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinJun 14, 2009
  3. Nicolas PitreJun 15, 2009
  4. Alfred M. SzmidtJun 15, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinJun 15, 2009
  7. Linus TorvaldsJun 15, 2009
  8. Alfred M. SzmidtJun 17, 2009
  9. Linus TorvaldsJun 17, 2009
  10. Alfred M. SzmidtJun 17, 2009
  11. Linus TorvaldsJun 17, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 17, 2009
  13. Fix big left-shifts of unsigned charLinus Torvalds, Jun 18, 2009
  14. Johannes SchindelinJun 18, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 18, 2009
  16. Linus TorvaldsJun 18, 2009
  17. Johannes SchindelinJun 18, 2009
  18. Linus TorvaldsJun 18, 2009
  19. Fix various sparse warnings in the git source codeLinus Torvalds, Jun 18, 2009
  20. Matthieu MoyJun 18, 2009
  21. Linus TorvaldsJun 18, 2009
  22. Linus TorvaldsJun 18, 2009
  23. Linus TorvaldsJun 17, 2009

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