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Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] difftool dir-diff symlink bug fix and cleanup patches

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 20, 2021, 18:39 UTC
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David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> writes:
> This patch series fixes a regression in difftool that can lead to data loss.
> The symlink-file writing in difftool's dir-diff mode has been fixed to no
> longer write-through to the symlink targets.

v4 with no backreference? Do you have a message-id for the previous three rounds handy?

> Please consider patching older Git versions with the fix from 1/3.

meaing 1/3 would be done on top of maint (v2.33.0), and the other two can be on a separate branch that starts on a commit that is a merge of the 1/3's branch into 'master'?

Thanks.
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Message 8 of 10 in “difftool dir-diff symlink bug fix and cleanup patches”
  1. 0/3 difftool dir-diff symlink bug fix and cleanup patchesDavid Aguilar, Sep 19, 2021
  2. 1/3 difftool: fix symlink-file writing in dir-diff modeDavid Aguilar, Sep 19, 2021
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 20, 2021
  4. 2/3 difftool: use a strbuf to create a tmpdir path without repeated slashesDavid Aguilar, Sep 19, 2021
  5. Eric SunshineSep 20, 2021
  6. difftool: create a tmpdir path without repeated slashesDavid Aguilar, Sep 20, 2021
  7. 3/3 difftool: add a missing space to the run_dir_diff() commentsDavid Aguilar, Sep 19, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 20, 2021
  9. David AguilarSep 20, 2021
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2021

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