Kjetil Barvik schrieb:
> Subject: [PATCH] lstat_cache: guard against full match of length of 'name' parameter
>
> longest_path_match() in symlinks.c does exactly what it's name says,
> but in some cases that match can be too long, since the
> has_*_leading_path() functions assumes that the match will newer be as
> long as the name string given to the function.
And these "some cases" are? When "a directory was replaced by a symlink"
("or what??" I am inclined to add). Would you please be very specific
here, perhaps with an example, so that we still know the details in 6 months.
> +test_expect_success 'checkout of master - alpha/file and beta/alpha/file should exist' '
test_expect_success 'checkout replaces symlink by directory' '
BTW, this is what the test seems to check, and it is the opposite of what
the mail's Subject says. So, which one is it?
> +
> + git checkout master &&
> + ls alpha/file beta/alpha/file
git checkout master &&
! test -h alpha &&
test -f alpha/file &&
test -f beta/alpha/file
-- Hannes
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