From: Linus Torvalds Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:31:47 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not perform cross-directory renames when creating packs Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1222104021-28277-1-git-send-email-pasky@suse.cz> On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Petr Baudis wrote: > > A comment on top of create_tmpfile() describes caveats ('can have > problems on various systems (FAT, NFS, Coda)') that should apply > in this situation as well. This in the end did not end up solving > any of my personal problems, but it might be a useful cleanup patch > nevertheless. Side note: the cross-directory avoidance for loose object creation _did_ seem to clear up the original problems reported on NFS, so yes, this is worth doing. Even if pack-file creation is such a heavy event that I suspect that none of the timing/caching/whatever issues that were present for loose objects really ever trigger in practice. > Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis Looks obvious enough. So: Acked-by: Linus Torvalds Linus