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Re: [PATCH 0/3] treewide: migrate from legacy utime.h to utimensat

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 24, 2026, 01:49 UTC
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Weijie Yuan <wy@wyuan.org> writes:
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>> We know Johannes well enough to trust that his patches were sent
>> with sufficient due diligence.  So...?
>
> <xmqqzeyeujde.fsf@gitster.g>:
>> If work submitted under a DCO later turns out to be based on
>> something we cannot legally use, the submitter may of course be in
>> trouble, but we would also need to bear the cost of ripping it out;
>> the later we discover the problem, the more substantial the effort
>> necessary to deal with the fallout will be.
>
> What I meant is that you said we should be wary of content that might
> carry legal risks,...

I am not sure what your point is. Is there any part in "we trust Dscho well enough to trust that he sent them with sufficient due diligence" that was hard for you to understand?

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Message 13 of 19 in “treewide: migrate from legacy utime.h to utimensat”
  1. 0/3 treewide: migrate from legacy utime.h to utimensatAlexey Samsonov via GitGitGadget, Aug 21, 2026
  2. 1/3 compat/posix: introduce utimensat(2) wrapperAlexey Samsonov via GitGitGadget, Aug 21, 2026
  3. 2/3 treewide: use utimensat(2) instead of legacy utime(3p)Alexey Samsonov via GitGitGadget, Aug 21, 2026
  4. 3/3 compat/posix: drop legacy <utime.h> header and shimsAlexey Samsonov via GitGitGadget, Aug 21, 2026
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2026
  6. brian m. carlsonAug 22, 2026
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2026
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  9. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2026
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  14. Weijie YuanAug 24, 2026
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