Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes:
> ...And this seems to conflict with what Junio's summarized in
> xmqqvaapb3r1@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com. I.e. (if I'm reading it
> correctly) it's not correct to say that we unlink the existing file,
> then replace it, don't we create a new one, and then
On Mon, Jun 11 2018, Clemens Buchacher wrote:
> When replacing files with new content during checkout, we do not write
> to them in place. Instead we unlink and recreate the files in order to
> let the system figure out ownership and permissions for the new file,
> taking umask into account.
When replacing files with new content during checkout, we do not write
to them in place. Instead we unlink and recreate the files in order to
let the system figure out ownership and permissions for the new file,
taking umask into account.
It is safe to do this on Linux file systems, even if open
3 matches
Mail list logo
