On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 4:19 PM Philip Oakley <philipoakley@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Matheus > > On 08/04/2019 18:04, Matheus Tavares Bernardino wrote: > >> Another "32-bit problem" should also be expressly considered during the > >> GSoC work because of the MS Windows definition of uInt / long to be only > >> 32 bits, leading to much of the Git code failing on the Git for Windows > >> port and on the Git LFS (for Windows) for packs and files greater than > >> 4Gb.https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1063 > > > Thanks for pointing it out. I didn't get it, thought, if your > > suggestion was to also propose tackling this issue in this GSoC > > project. Was it that? I read the link but it seems to be a kind of > > unrelated problem from what I'm planing to do with the pack access > > code (which is tread-safety). I may have understood this wrongly, > > though. Please, let me know if that's the case :) > > > The main point was to avoid accidental regressions by re-introducing > simple 'longs' where memsized types were more appropriate. > > Torsten has already done a lot of work at > https://github.com/tboegi/git/tree/tb.190402_1552_convert_size_t_only_git_master_181124_mk_size_t Got it. Thanks, Philip! > HTH > Philip > (I'm off line for a few days)
