From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:45:26 GMT
Subject: Re: Efficient way to import snapshots?
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0707301744050.4161@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vsl75igtt.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> I guess so, but can higher stage entries have cached stat
> information that are valid and match the working tree?

Probably unlikely, but I could imagine that it's the case for things that 
failed to merge entirely (ie binaries), where you end up just saying "pick 
the old/base binary", and it ends up matching in stage1.

		Linus