On 2013-08-27 18.27, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Torsten Bögershausen <tbo...@web.de> writes: > >>>> 2) >>>> When we access a repo from Windows/Linux using SAMBA, >>> You mean s/repo/repository that resides on HFS+/? >> Sorry being unclear here, trying being clearer with an example: >> I have a /data/Docs on my linux box, which is handled by git >> >> I export /data/Docs via SAMBA, and use the Finder under Mac OS to have it >> mounted on my Mac OS X box: >> //tb@Linux/Docs on /Volumes/Docs (smbfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by tb) >>>> readdir() will return decomposed. >>>> When the repo is created by nonMacOS, core.precomposeunicode is undefined. >>>> The precomposition is off, but should be on, >>>> precomposed_unicode = -1, but should be = 1 >>> I do not think UTF-8-MAC is widely available; even if you flip the >>> bit on, would it help much? >> In the above example >> /data/Docs/.git/config was created by Linux, so it does not have >> core.precomposeunicode set, neither false nor true. >> The Linux box does not have UTF-8-MAC under iconv, >> but will ignore core.precomposeunicode anyway (since the code is not >> compiled here) >> >> The Mac OS machine sees it under /Volumes/Docs/.git/config >> And here we want the precomposition, even if core.precomposeunicode >> is not present in the config. > > It almost makes me wonder if you want not a per-repository but a > per-machine configuration, i.e. "Whichever repository I am > accessing, either on a local filesystem or shared over the network, > readdir() on my box reports wrong paths, and I need correction." > > That, or "if it hurts, don't do the remote mount then." No, we don't need to be that restrictive. We already have repository/user/system wide configuration files, allowing tweeks and this is a good thing.
Re-Re-reading $gmane/188940: I am happy having the V2 patch from today being queued, thanks. As a next step I will have a look into the advice machine. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
