Re: [PATCH 1/2] update-index doc: note a fixed bug in the untracked cache

On Fri, Feb 09 2018, Junio C. Hamano jotted: > Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > >>> Will queue with the above typofix, together with the other one. I >>> am not sure if we want to say "Before 2.17", though. >> >> I'm just keeping in mind the user who later on upgrades git

Re: [PATCH 1/2] update-index doc: note a fixed bug in the untracked cache

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: >> Will queue with the above typofix, together with the other one. I >> am not sure if we want to say "Before 2.17", though. > > I'm just keeping in mind the user who later on upgrades git from say > 2.14 to 2.18 or something, and is able to

Re: [PATCH 1/2] update-index doc: note a fixed bug in the untracked cache

On Fri, Feb 09 2018, Junio C. Hamano jotted: > Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > >> +Before 2.17, the untracked cache had a bug where replacing a directory >> +with a symlink to another directory could cause it to incorrectly show >> +files tracked by git as untracked. See

Re: [PATCH 1/2] update-index doc: note a fixed bug in the untracked cache

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > +Before 2.17, the untracked cache had a bug where replacing a directory > +with a symlink to another directory could cause it to incorrectly show > +files tracked by git as untracked. See the "status: add a failing test > +showing a

[PATCH 1/2] update-index doc: note a fixed bug in the untracked cache

Document the bug tested for in my "status: add a failing test showing a core.untrackedCache bug" and fixed in Duy's "dir.c: fix missing dir invalidation in untracked code". Since this is very likely something others will encounter in the future on older versions, and it's not obvious how to fix