On 11/30, Stefan Beller wrote:
> > Oh interesting, I wonder if there is a way to not have to perform a
> > chdir since taking a lock to lstat wouldn't be ideal.
>
> I think we could rewrite is_submodule_populated to be
>
> int is_submodule_populated_cheap_with_no_chdir(char *path)
> {
> return stat(path + ".git")
> }
>
> i.e. just take the presence of the .git file/dir as a hint to run
> the child process?
I like this approach, its a quick (thread-safe) check to see if the
submodule is interesting. If there happens to be an error with the
submodule's .git file/directory then the child process will fail out.
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Brandon Williams