Hi, On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > >> Wait a bit. Wasn't this about you accessing NTFS on your EeePC via > >> unfs from the Linux side? > > > > Both. I realized that there was a problem with the ufsd driver of the > > Xandros Linux on my EeePC, accessing NTFS partitions. (This is the > > issue that made me add a config variable, but which was solved by > > Linus' core.fsyncobjects suggestion.) > > > > Later I had a hunch that the issues 222 and 229 of msysGit might have > > exactly the same reason, let the reporters test, and indeed, the > > problems went away. > > > > But come to think of it, we can _easily_ just set > > core.createObject=rename in msysGit, so I agree that there is no > > longer a need for the Makefile variable. > > > > Want me to resend? > > If it helps msys, I think we should allow compiling things in, but this > "compiled in default for the platform, and possible per-repository > override" made me a bit confused: > > (1) in your "This is Linux and on sane filesystems I do not weaken it > to rename but on this one filesystem I do" case can be handled by > adding .git/config in that repository; > > (2) problems with msysgit can be handled by compiled-in defaults as > long as the user does not have .git/config entry to say "link"; > > (3) if you use the same repository from both sides with (1), presumably > by dual-booting, so having .git/config that says "rename" happens > to work; > > (4) if somebody has a dual-boot setup and shares a repository hosted > natively on the Linux side by mounting it on the Windows side (Ext2 > IFS?), I wonder what should happen. While you are using the > repository from the Linux side, you may not want to weaken it to > use "rename" (so you do not add .git/config that says "rename"). > When you are accessing it over Ext2 IFS, perhaps you would want to > use "rename" (I do not know about the details of #222 and #229, so > it may not applicable, though). > > So,... as long as you do not have a triple-boot setup, third system > among which wants to use "link" on a repository where both Linux and > Windows side want to use "rename", I think you are Ok. Well, my idea was to "weaken" the repository by using rename() always, even if the fs/OS combo happens to handle the case gracefully. But actually, what I will use is core.fsyncObjects, as suggested by Linus, which should not hurt sane fs/OS combos either. Ciao, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html