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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 1cae361..2c03ec3 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int ce_modified_check_fs(struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st)
break;
case S_IFDIR:
if (S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode))
- return 0;
+ return ce_compare_gitlink(ce) ? DATA_CHANGED : 0;
default:
return TYPE_CHANGED;
}
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ static int ce_match_stat_basic(struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st)
changed |= TYPE_CHANGED;
break;
case S_IFGITLINK:
+ /* We ignore most of the st_xxx fields for gitlinks */
if (!S_ISDIR(st->st_mode))
changed |= TYPE_CHANGED;
else if (ce_compare_gitlink(ce))
@@ -293,11 +294,22 @@ int ie_modified(const struct index_state *istate,
if (changed & (MODE_CHANGED | TYPE_CHANGED))
return changed;
- /* Immediately after read-tree or update-index --cacheinfo,
- * the length field is zero. For other cases the ce_size
- * should match the SHA1 recorded in the index entry.
+ /*
+ * Immediately after read-tree or update-index --cacheinfo,
+ * the length field is zero, as we have never even read the
+ * lstat(2) information once, and we cannot trust DATA_CHANGED
+ * returned by ie_match_stat() which in turn was returned by
+ * ce_match_stat_basic() to signal that the filesize of the
+ * blob changed. We have to actually go to the filesystem to
+ * see if the contents match, and if so, should answer "unchanged".
+ *
+ * The logic does not apply to gitlinks, as ce_match_stat_basic()
+ * already has checked the actual HEAD from the filesystem in the
+ * subproject. If ie_match_stat() already said it is different,
+ * then we know it is.
*/
- if ((changed & DATA_CHANGED) && ce->ce_size != 0)
+ if ((changed & DATA_CHANGED) &&
+ (S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode) || ce->ce_size != 0))
return changed;
changed_fs = ce_modified_check_fs(ce, st);
@@ -1326,6 +1338,11 @@ static void ce_smudge_racily_clean_entry(struct cache_entry *ce)
* falsely clean entry due to touch-update-touch race, so we leave
* everything else as they are. We are called for entries whose
* ce_mtime match the index file mtime.
+ *
+ * Note that this actually does not do much for gitlinks, for
+ * which ce_match_stat_basic() always goes to the actual
+ * contents. The caller checks with is_racy_timestamp() which
+ * always says "no" for gitlinks, so we are not called for them ;-)
*/
struct stat st;