# [PATCH 1/4] mingw: remove use of _getdrive() from lstat/fstat

2 messages from 2008-09-27 to 2008-09-27. Participants: Dmitry Potapov, Johannes Sixt.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15686

## Dmitry Potapov, 2008-09-27 08:39

Subject: [PATCH 1/4] mingw: remove use of _getdrive() from lstat/fstat
Message-ID: <20080927083945.GZ21650@dpotapov.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080927083945.GZ21650%40dpotapov.dyndns.org

```
The field device is not used by Git, and putting the number of the
current device is meaningless anyway.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
---
 compat/mingw.c |    5 ++---
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index ccfa2a0..a2b8cd7 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ static inline time_t filetime_to_time_t(const FILETIME *ft)
 	return (time_t)winTime;
 }
 
-extern int _getdrive( void );
 /* We keep the do_lstat code in a separate function to avoid recursion.
  * When a path ends with a slash, the stat will fail with ENOENT. In
  * this case, we strip the trailing slashes and stat again.
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ static int do_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 		buf->st_nlink = 1;
 		buf->st_mode = fMode;
 		buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow; /* Can't use nFileSizeHigh, since it's not a stat64 */
-		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = (_getdrive() - 1);
+		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = 0; /* not used by Git */
 		buf->st_atime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime));
 		buf->st_mtime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime));
 		buf->st_ctime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftCreationTime));
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ int mingw_fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf)
 		buf->st_nlink = 1;
 		buf->st_mode = fMode;
 		buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow; /* Can't use nFileSizeHigh, since it's not a stat64 */
-		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = (_getdrive() - 1);
+		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = 0; /* not used by Git */
 		buf->st_atime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime));
 		buf->st_mtime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime));
 		buf->st_ctime = filetime_to_time_t(&(fdata.ftCreationTime));
-- 
1.6.0.2.237.g0297e5

```

## Johannes Sixt, 2008-09-27 19:38

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] mingw: remove use of _getdrive() from lstat/fstat
Message-ID: <200809272138.11305.johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200809272138.11305.johannes.sixt%40telecom.at
In-Reply-To: <20080927083945.GZ21650@dpotapov.dyndns.org>

```
On Samstag, 27. September 2008, Dmitry Potapov wrote:
> The field device is not used by Git, and putting the number of the
> current device is meaningless anyway.

Acked-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>

-- Hannes

```
