Re: [PATCH 0/4] t5552: fix flakiness by introducing proper locking for GIT_TRACE

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

I have tried to help with the actual problem, by identifying the root
cause (that the trace code's strategy is not fundamentally broken, but
that it relies on O_APPEND whose guarantees are obviously not portable
to Windows) and exploring possible solutions there (FILE_APPEND_DATA).

Lacking any kind of Windows development environment, I'd just as soon
stop there and let more knowledgeable people take over. But please don't
characterize my presence in this thread as some kind of willful harm or
ignoring of the problem.

Thanks.

It seems like the other Johannes and the other Jeff are also
interested, so we may hopefully see a properly fixed O_APPEND,
which would be the real solution that would help appenders
that are *not* tracing subsystem, too.