Thomas Glanzmann <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I wonder if anybody involved in the discussion has actually >> tested this patch (or the other one, that has the same problem)? > > I tested it. But I did not test it with symlinks. > >> Does the following replacement work for you? It adds far more lines >> than your version, but they are mostly comments to make it clear why >> we do things this way. > > Yes, it does. Excuse the delay but my build machine is not the fastest. > > (faui04a) [/var/tmp] git clone ~/work/repositories/public/easix.git test-10 > Initialized empty Git repository in /var/tmp/test-10/.git/ > remote: Generating pack... > remote: Done counting 317 objects. > remote: Deltifying 317 objects... > remote: te: % (317/317) done: ) done > Indexing 317 objects... > remote: Total 317 (delta 182), reused 278 (delta 157) > 100% (317/317) done > Resolving 182 deltas... > 100% (182/182) done > (faui04a) [/var/tmp] cd test-10 > ./test-10 > (faui04a) [/var/tmp/test-10] git status > # On branch master > nothing to commit (working directory clean) Ahhhh, by "testing", I meant "runnnig the testsuite shipped with the source". Both of your patches were failing in somewhere in t2000 series of tests. > I rebased your patch on top of current HEAD (as I can access it on > git.kernel.org) and removed trailing whitspace from one line (git-apply > complained) I am thinking that this fix should go to 'maint' and merged to 'master', as it is a grave problem in at least one setup. - 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
