Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] longest_ancestor_length(): require prefix list entries to be normalized

2012-11-05 Thread Michael Haggerty
On 10/30/2012 07:23 PM, Ramsay Jones wrote: > [...] > Just to be clear, this is true for the MinGW port to Windows, but *not* > the cygwin port. > > [...] > > ditto Thanks for clarifying these points. It seems like this patch series is not going to be usable (because of fears that it might cause

Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] longest_ancestor_length(): require prefix list entries to be normalized

2012-10-30 Thread Ramsay Jones
Michael Haggerty wrote: > Move the responsibility for normalizing prefixes from > longest_ancestor_length() to its callers. Use slightly different > normalizations at the two callers: > > In setup_git_directory_gently_1(), use the old normalization, which > ignores paths that are not usable. In t

[PATCH v4 6/8] longest_ancestor_length(): require prefix list entries to be normalized

2012-10-28 Thread Michael Haggerty
Move the responsibility for normalizing prefixes from longest_ancestor_length() to its callers. Use slightly different normalizations at the two callers: In setup_git_directory_gently_1(), use the old normalization, which ignores paths that are not usable. In the next commit we will change this c