From git  Sun Sep 28 09:24:08 2008
From: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt () telecom ! at>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:24:08 +0000
To: git
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] cygwin: Use native Win32 API for stat
Message-Id: <200809281124.08364.johannes.sixt () telecom ! at>
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On Samstag, 27. September 2008, Dmitry Potapov wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 08:35:03PM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> > > +core.cygwinNativeStat::
> >
> > This name is *really* odd, for two reasons:
...
> It was Shawn's suggestion. I don't care much about the name as long as
> it is explained in the documentation... Therefore, I accepted what Shawn
> said without giving it any thought.

Shawn is an importen git-o-maniac, but it's certainly not blasphemy to 
question his words of wisdom ;)

> Now, when you bring this name to my 
> attention, I believe core.useCygwinStat (in the opposite to the current
> core.cygwinNativeStat) would be a better name. Your name is okay too,
> but a bit too long for my taste and not specific enough (I suppose
> Cygwin does many FS related tricks). Anyway, I don't have a strong
> opinion here, so just whatever most people like is fine with me :)

My point is that emphasis on "stat" in the name is wrong: That's about 
implementation, but not about the effect. Why wouldn't 'ignoreCygwinFSTricks' 
be specific enough? By using a native stat implementation, *all* of them are 
ignored. Yes, you fall back to Cygwin's stat sometimes, but these are cases 
where the *effect* is not that relevant. (And the length of the name doesn't 
worry me, considering how many people would want to change the default.)

-- Hannes
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