Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix update-index --refresh for submodules if stat(2) returns st_size 0

From: Johannes Sixt <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:59:47 +0200

Alex Riesen schrieb:
> Johannes Sixt, Tue, Jul 22, 2008 09:17:16 +0200:
>> Alex Riesen schrieb:
>>> +	if ((changed & DATA_CHANGED) && (ce->ce_size != 0 || S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode)))
>> Does this mean that ce->ce_size is non-zero for gitlinks, at least on
>> Unix?
> 
> It is non-zero for directories (which is what gitlinks are in working
> directories) on UNIX operating systems I met.
> 
>> Is this value useful in anyway?
> 
> Sometimes it is (the size a directory takes on storage)

Sure; but is ce->ce_size of gitlinks useful?

-- Hannes