Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > If you mean to tell the user "I won't describe it in detail, if you > really want to know, > go run blame yourself", spell it out like so. I was hoping that you > can summarize > in-line there to help the readers here. Here is a proposed fixup. t/t7063-status-untracked-cache.sh | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t7063-status-untracked-cache.sh b/t/t7063-status-untracked-cache.sh index d31d080..e0a8228 100755 --- a/t/t7063-status-untracked-cache.sh +++ b/t/t7063-status-untracked-cache.sh @@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ test_description='test untracked cache' . ./test-lib.sh -# On some filesystems (e.g. FreeBSD's ext2 and ufs) this and that -# happens when we do blah, which forces the untracked cache code to -# take the slow path. A test that wants to make sure the fast path -# works correctly should call this helper to make mtime of the -# containing directory in sync with the reality after doing blah and -# before checking the fast path behaviour +# On some filesystems (e.g. FreeBSD's ext2 and ufs) directory mtime +# is updated lazily after contents in the directory changes, which +# forces the untracked cache code to take the slow path. A test +# that wants to make sure that the fast path works correctly should +# call this helper to make mtime of the containing directory in sync +# with the reality before checking the fast path behaviour. +# +# See <20160803174522.5571-1-pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> if you want to know +# more. + sync_mtime () { find . -type d -ls >/dev/null } -- 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