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Re: git status shows a different result depending on how fast a file is changed

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DCDamien Cassou <damien@cassou.me>
Date
Aug 26, 2025, 15:38 UTC
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Damien Wyart sent me a bunch of links explaining my issue and allowed me to send them to the list in his name:

https://git-scm.com/docs/racy-git http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~blynn/gg/race.html https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2023/11/30/racy-git/ https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/issues/196 https://stackoverflow.com/a/71003895 https://speakerdeck.com/msohn/racy-jgit-a-short-history-of-time

Best,
-- 
Damien Cassou

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill
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