Messages in this thread | | | From | Junio C Hamano <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] apply: refuse touching a file beyond symlink | Date | Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:20:02 -0800 |
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> I had the impression that we did not apply in any arbitrary order that > could work, but rather that we did deletions first followed by > additions. But I am fairly ignorant of the apply code.
No, you are thinking about the write-out of the finished result, which may have to turn existing directory to a file or vice versa on the filesystem, but that happens _after_ we decide what to turn into what else, completely in-core.
And the decision to determine what the input _means_ should not depend on the order of patches in the input.
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