Re: [PATCH 17/17] memoize common git-path "constant" files

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On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 02:05:14PM +0200, Michael Haggerty wrote:

> I was wondering whether this memoization could interact badly with
> update_common_dir(). For example, if any of the memoized functions were
> called before git_common_dir is initialized, then the pre-git_common_dir
> value would continue to be used even if git_common_dir is changed
> afterwards. But I believe it is taboo to call git_path() before
> setup_git_env(), so I think this is not a problem.

Calling git_path() actually ends up in setup_git_env(), because we
lazily call it from get_git_dir(). So if somebody tries to tweak
common_dir stuff too late, we could in theory cache a bogus value; but
the real problem is generating the bogosity in the first place.

-Peff
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