Request vetting a fix for my win32lfn extension

[Matt Mackall]

On Sat, 2012-11-10 at 22:21 +0100, Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> Aaron Cohen wrote, On 11/08/2012 12:11 AM:
> > Since around Mercurial 2.3, my extension has been broken, by the 
> > change to move pack_dirstate to C.
> >
> > I don't do a very good job of updating and testing new versions, so 
> > recently a bug was filed against it which was the first time I know if 
> > it. I've now "fixed" it, but I would appreciate some help determining 
> > if my fix is correct.
> >
> > Basically, win32lfn replaces python's normal os.listdir with a call to 
> > FindFilesIterator.
> 
> You should keep an eye on what is going on with the development of the 
> vfs api in scmutil. That is in principle what you should be wrapping 
> instead of monkey patching os. It might not be ready yet, but that just 
> means that you still have a chance to influence it so it also is a nice 
> fit for your use case ;-)

Indeed. Start here:

http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WindowsUTF8Plan

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