From: Matheus Tavares <matheus.bernardino@usp.br>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 21:37:10 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: unpack_trees(): start with a fresh lstat cache
X-Git-Tag: v2.17.6~1
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=22539ec3b5e678c054ab361a37a7cdcc64ca1228;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git

unpack_trees(): start with a fresh lstat cache

We really want to avoid relying on stale information.

Signed-off-by: Matheus Tavares <matheus.bernardino@usp.br>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 88a0b5d250..5914e7b8cc 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ static int check_updates(struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 
 	progress = get_progress(o);
 
+	/* Start with clean cache to avoid using any possibly outdated info. */
+	invalidate_lstat_cache();
+
 	if (o->update)
 		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT, index);