On 2009.06.05 08:39:24 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Björn Steinbrink wrote: > > > > > > *wait a minute, doing nothing* > > > > > > doener@atjola:git (master) $ git diff-index --name-only HEAD > > > Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.2.txt > > > Documentation/git.txt > > > contrib/completion/git-completion.bash > > > grep.c > > > > Hm, looks like this is not a git bug. Went back to 1.5.4, and even that > > shows the error. So I actually looked at the files, and indeed, the file > > in the working tree gets modified. stat(1) shows: > > You have beagle running, don't you? No, nothing like that is running here, I even switched to runlevel 1 just to make sure ;-) > It's a piece of sh*t, and uses extended attributes to track indexing > information. > > So the "wait a minute" will just give beagle the chance to index your git > working tree, and update the extended attributes. That is entirely hidden > from all normal filesystem stat information, *EXCEPT* it changes ctime, > since the inode is changed. No, I'm pretty sure now that it's due to the fact that I use the ext4 kernel driver with an ext3 fs, as running sync(1) is as good as waiting a minute. And the problem shows up neither with tmpfs nor with a real ext4. Björn -- 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