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  • Committer: Lawrence Mitchell
  • Date: 2011-11-08 10:54:09 UTC
  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 6245.
  • Revision ID: wence@gmx.li-20111108105409-cgdqeek7vl7e8nbb
Only set check_clean if {clean} is asked for in template
      
The {clean} flag in templates requires an lstat of every file in the
repository.  If the filesystem is slow this can take a noticeable
amount of time.  So only switch check_clean to True if the template
actually asks for it, to avoid penalising those who don't want to
know.

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For example, the FAT32 file-system is most commonly found on Windows operating
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systems, and has the characteristics usually associated with a Windows
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file-system.  However, USB devices means FAT32 file-systems are often used
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with Linux, so the current operating system doesn't necessarily reflect the
 
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with GNU/Linux systems, so the current operating system doesn't necessarily reflect the
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capabilities of the file-system.
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Bazaar supports 3 kinds of file-systems, each to different degrees.
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* Case-sensitive file-systems: This is the file-system generally used on
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  Linux - 2 files can differ only by case, and the exact case must be used
 
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  GNU/Linux: 2 files can differ only by case, and the exact case must be used
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  when opening a file.
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* Case-insensitive, case-preserving (cicp) file-systems: This is the
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relevant to a modern Bazaar.
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For more details, including use cases, please see
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http://bazaar-vcs.org/CasePreservingWorkingTreeUseCases
 
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http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/CasePreservingWorkingTreeUseCases
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Handling these file-systems
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