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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-07-13 14:00:26 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-07-13 14:00:26 -0700 |
| commit | 43f23b09bffed2ab8852725e26f746d1f762cc85 (patch) | |
| tree | 0de5057d26f8c47b326869f698856a4ac42adeeb /Makefile | |
| parent | Merge branch 'js/rebase-i-clean-up-upon-continue-to-skip' (diff) | |
| parent | Makefile / racy-git.txt: clarify USE_NSEC prerequisites (diff) | |
| download | tgif-43f23b09bffed2ab8852725e26f746d1f762cc85.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'kb/use-nsec-doc'
Clarify in the Makefile a guideline to decide use of USE_NSEC.
* kb/use-nsec-doc:
Makefile / racy-git.txt: clarify USE_NSEC prerequisites
Diffstat (limited to 'Makefile')
| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -217,10 +217,11 @@ all:: # as the compiler can crash (http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49299) # # Define USE_NSEC below if you want git to care about sub-second file mtimes -# and ctimes. Note that you need recent glibc (at least 2.2.4) for this, and -# it will BREAK YOUR LOCAL DIFFS! show-diff and anything using it will likely -# randomly break unless your underlying filesystem supports those sub-second -# times (my ext3 doesn't). +# and ctimes. Note that you need recent glibc (at least 2.2.4) for this. On +# Linux, kernel 2.6.11 or newer is required for reliable sub-second file times +# on file systems with exactly 1 ns or 1 s resolution. If you intend to use Git +# on other file systems (e.g. CEPH, CIFS, NTFS, UDF), don't enable USE_NSEC. See +# Documentation/technical/racy-git.txt for details. # # Define USE_ST_TIMESPEC if your "struct stat" uses "st_ctimespec" instead of # "st_ctim" |