On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 09:05:07PM +0700, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote: > If the user enables untracked cache, then > > - move worktree to an unsupported filesystem > - or simply upgrade OS > - or move the whole (portable) disk from one machine to another > - or access a shared fs from another machine > > there's no guarantee that untracked cache can still function properly. > Record the worktree location and OS footprint in the cache. If it > changes, err on the safe side and disable the cache. The user can > 'update-index --untracked-cache' again to make sure all conditions are > met. My use case for untracked cache is where I have one machine with a repository and which is also mounted via sshfs on another machine. It looks like this will disable the cache every time I change the machine I access it on. Would you be willing to accept a patch for a configuration option to disable this? -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
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