Re: [PATCH 0/14] fork/exec removal series

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Hi,

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Pierre Habouzit wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 02:58:57AM +0000, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
>
> > But we most definately *must* continue to support fork() for the async 
> > functions.  Its the most common interface available on one of our 
> > biggest platforms (UNIX).
> 
> Yeah that, and the fact that many of the git modules aren't thread-safe 
> (some modules have static buffers strbuf's or caching variables) and 
> should be used with care.

I think that was exactly the point of Shawn: expose bugs on Unix that 
would otherwise only show in msysGit.

Ciao,
Dscho

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