On 28/12/2018 22:34, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> org...@gmail.com writes:
>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] t5403: Refactor
>
[snip]
>> if test "$(git config --bool core.filemode)" = true; then
>
> This is a tangent but this conditional came from an ancient d42ec126
> ("disable post-checkout test on Cygwin", 2009-03-17) that says
>
> disable post-checkout test on Cygwin
>
> It is broken because of the tricks we have to play with
> lstat to get the bearable perfomance out of the call.
> Sadly, it disables access to Cygwin's executable attribute,
> which Windows filesystems do not have at all.
>
> I wonder if this is still relevant these days (Cc'ed Ramsay for
> input).
Ah, no, the 'tricks we have to play with lstat' mentioned in that
commit message are long gone! ;-) If you remove that conditional,
then the test passes just fine.
ATB,
Ramsay Jones
