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Re: [PATCH] Define a version of lstat(2) specially for copy operation

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Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 18, 2009, 03:17 UTC
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Alex Riesen wrote:
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> So that Cygwin port can continue work around its supporting
> library and get access to its faked file attributes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
> ---
> Junio C Hamano, Tue, Mar 17, 2009 21:42:31 +0100:
>> But isn't this something shops that do deploy Cygwin version of git want
>> to see fixed, so that they can have a site-wide policy implemented in the
> 
> Frankly, I doubt they know or care.

Please don't presume to speak for the world here. I have a not insignificant group of users, many on Cygwin, and we depend upon identical behavior between Linux and Cygwin versions of git. I maintain my own local build of git for my group, among other reasons is to disable the non-Posix lstat hack. Using the Win32 lstat does not speed up git that much (maybe 20-30% in my experience) and this trade-off of compatibility vs being not quite so dreadfully slow is certainly not worth it for me. (Obviously, others have a different view, or this feature would not exist).

So, I strongly urge keeping the differences between POSIX/Linux git and Cygwin git as minimal as possible.

Mark Levedahl
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  1. disable post-checkout test on CygwinAlex Riesen, Mar 17, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2009
  3. Johannes SixtMar 17, 2009
  4. Alex RiesenMar 17, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2009
  6. Define a version of lstat(2) specially for copy operationAlex Riesen, Mar 17, 2009
  7. Mark LevedahlMar 18, 2009
  8. Alex RiesenMar 18, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2009
  10. Johannes SixtMar 18, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2009
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  13. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2009
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