In Annex.Content, the object file was statted after pointer files were
populated. But if annex.thin is set, once the pointer files are
populated, the object file can potentially be modified via the hard
link. So, it was possible, though seemingly very unlikely, for the inode
of the modified object file to be cached.
Command.Fix and Command.Fsck had similar problems, statting the work
tree files after they were in place. Changed them to stat the temp file
that gets moved into place. This does rely on .git/annex being on the
same filesystem. If it's not, the cached inode will not be the same as
the one that the temp file gets moved to. Result will be that git-annex
will later need to do an expensive verification of the content of the
worktree files. Note that the cross-filesystem move of the temp file
already is a larger amount of extra work, so this seems acceptable.
Sponsored-by: Luke Shumaker on Patreon
git-annex allows managing files with git, without checking the file
contents into git. While that may seem paradoxical, it is useful when
dealing with files larger than git can currently easily handle, whether due
to limitations in memory, checksumming time, or disk space.
For documentation, see doc/ or <https://git-annex.branchable.com/>
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