From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:39:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] diff.h: extend "flags" field to 64 bits because we're out of bits
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In-Reply-To: <1440205874-20295-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> I renamed both "flags" and "touched_flags" fields while making this
> patch to make sure I was aware of how these flags were manipulated
> (besides DIFF_OPT* macros). So hopefully I didn't miss anything.

It is a bad taste to use user_defined_t typedef (I think it actually
is a standard violation), isn't it?

The diff-struct is not like objects where we need million copies of
in-core while running.  What do you need many more flags for?