From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2022 23:25:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] apply: Avoid ambiguous pointer provenance for CHERI/Arm's Morello
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In-Reply-To: <8739caad-aa3d-1f0f-b5dd-6174a8e059f6@web.de>

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:

> Subject: [PATCH] apply: use strsets to track symlinks
>
> Symlink changes are tracked in a string_list, with the util pointer
> value indicating whether a symlink is kept or removed.  Using fake
> pointer values requires awkward casts.  Use one strset for each type of
> change instead to simplify and shorten the code.
>
> Original-patch-by: Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@jrtc27.com>

This may be recording a misleading credit.  The original patch
certainly was a good input to make us realize that we have a
problem, but has no contribution to the final code.

> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>