"Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Otherwise the other global settings which were already read and set up will > be overwritten ... This is the answer to the question I asked in: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/97986/focus=98066 Perhaps we should use a separate variable as the original patch did, in: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/97987 How about doing it like this instead? diff --git i/compat/cygwin.c w/compat/cygwin.c index f196753..ebac148 100644 --- i/compat/cygwin.c +++ w/compat/cygwin.c @@ -91,26 +91,32 @@ static int cygwin_stat(const char *path, struct stat *buf) * functions should be used. The choice is determined by core.ignorecygwinfstricks. * Reading this option is not always possible immediately as git_dir may be * not be set yet. So until it is set, use cygwin lstat/stat functions. - * However, if the trust_executable_bit is set, we must use the Cygwin posix + * However, if core.filemode is set, we must use the Cygwin posix * stat/lstat as the Windows stat fuctions do not determine posix filemode. + * + * Note that git_cygwin_config() does NOT call git_default_config() and this + * is deliberate. Many commands read from config to establish initial + * values in variables and later tweak them from elsewhere (e.g. command line). + * init_stat() is called lazily on demand, typically much late in the program, + * and calling git_default_config() from here would break such variables. */ static int native_stat = 1; -extern int trust_executable_bit; +static int core_filemode; static int git_cygwin_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb) { - if (!strcmp(var, "core.ignorecygwinfstricks")) { + if (!strcmp(var, "core.ignorecygwinfstricks")) native_stat = git_config_bool(var, value); - return 0; - } - return git_default_config(var, value, cb); + else if (!strcmp(var, "core.filemode")) + core_filemode = git_config_bool(var, value); + return 0; } static int init_stat(void) { if (have_git_dir()) { git_config(git_cygwin_config, NULL); - if (!trust_executable_bit && native_stat) { + if (!core_filemode && native_stat) { cygwin_stat_fn = cygwin_stat; cygwin_lstat_fn = cygwin_lstat; } else { -- 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
