When a cache entry has been marked as CE_VALID, the user has
promised us that any change in the work tree does not matter.
Just mark the entry as up-to-date, and continue.
Done-by: Junio C Hamano [off-list ref]
Signed-off-by: Marius Storm-Olsen <redacted>
---
read-cache.c | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index ac9a8e7..8e5fbb6 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -893,6 +893,15 @@ static struct cache_entry *refresh_cache_ent(struct index_state *istate,
if (ce_uptodate(ce))
return ce;
+ /*
+ * CE_VALID means the user promised us that the change to
+ * the work tree does not matter and told us not to worry.
+ */
+ if (!ignore_valid && (ce->ce_flags & CE_VALID)) {
+ ce_mark_uptodate(ce);
+ return ce;
+ }
+
if (lstat(ce->name, &st) < 0) {
if (err)
*err = errno;--
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