From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a new lstat implementation based on Win32 API, and make stat use that implementation too. Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 12:39:30 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <46DACD93.9000509@trolltech.com> <46DB0478.8050402@trolltech.com> <46DB0F9C.2090306@trolltech.com> <200709022228.00733.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> <46DBA672.9050308@trolltech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Robin Rosenberg , Johannes Sixt , git@vger.kernel.org To: Marius Storm-Olsen X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Sep 03 13:39:49 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ISAHU-0000Kh-4g for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:39:48 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753273AbXICLjo (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:39:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753018AbXICLjn (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:39:43 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:43599 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752330AbXICLjn (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:39:43 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 03 Sep 2007 11:39:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO [138.251.11.74]) [138.251.11.74] by mail.gmx.net (mp017) with SMTP; 03 Sep 2007 13:39:41 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+jLWQTQGajLQgM8Nj+0PwOPAps9ISRMJWxxeQ2/7 Oq7z4L5+tvuWS/ X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <46DBA672.9050308@trolltech.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Marius Storm-Olsen wrote: > Robin Rosenberg said the following on 02.09.2007 22:27: > > s?ndag 02 september 2007 skrev Marius Storm-Olsen: > > > (Also, since Windows doesn't really handle symlinks, it's fine that > > > stat just uses lstat) > > > > It does now: See > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363866.aspx > > Yeah, I know about Vista's improved support for symbolic links. However, > I think we can let that lay for a while, until we decide to make Git > generate proper symlinks on Vista. I don't see it as a 1st priority at > the moment, and we can always add the needed functionality in a separate > stat() function later. ... and force everybody to upgrade to Vista, thereby working for Microsoft for free? You _know_ that I will oppose that change. Ciao, Dscho