Jeff King <p...@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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
