Update draft release notes to 1.8.5 for the first half of the fourth batch

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 737a27f81b4f46e46cd2107c1c2eca3b5c91e529..6bbe1b1fb3435247e1114cbf496cd9d7640f3def 100644 (file)
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1230,14 +1230,14 @@ static struct cache_entry *refresh_cache_entry(struct cache_entry *ce, int reall
 struct ondisk_cache_entry {
        struct cache_time ctime;
        struct cache_time mtime;
-       unsigned int dev;
-       unsigned int ino;
-       unsigned int mode;
-       unsigned int uid;
-       unsigned int gid;
-       unsigned int size;
+       uint32_t dev;
+       uint32_t ino;
+       uint32_t mode;
+       uint32_t uid;
+       uint32_t gid;
+       uint32_t size;
        unsigned char sha1[20];
-       unsigned short flags;
+       uint16_t flags;
        char name[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
 };
 
@@ -1249,15 +1249,15 @@ struct ondisk_cache_entry {
 struct ondisk_cache_entry_extended {
        struct cache_time ctime;
        struct cache_time mtime;
-       unsigned int dev;
-       unsigned int ino;
-       unsigned int mode;
-       unsigned int uid;
-       unsigned int gid;
-       unsigned int size;
+       uint32_t dev;
+       uint32_t ino;
+       uint32_t mode;
+       uint32_t uid;
+       uint32_t gid;
+       uint32_t size;
        unsigned char sha1[20];
-       unsigned short flags;
-       unsigned short flags2;
+       uint16_t flags;
+       uint16_t flags2;
        char name[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
 };
 
@@ -1818,8 +1818,17 @@ int write_index(struct index_state *istate, int newfd)
                        continue;
                if (!ce_uptodate(ce) && is_racy_timestamp(istate, ce))
                        ce_smudge_racily_clean_entry(ce);
-               if (is_null_sha1(ce->sha1))
-                       return error("cache entry has null sha1: %s", ce->name);
+               if (is_null_sha1(ce->sha1)) {
+                       static const char msg[] = "cache entry has null sha1: %s";
+                       static int allow = -1;
+
+                       if (allow < 0)
+                               allow = git_env_bool("GIT_ALLOW_NULL_SHA1", 0);
+                       if (allow)
+                               warning(msg, ce->name);
+                       else
+                               return error(msg, ce->name);
+               }
                if (ce_write_entry(&c, newfd, ce, previous_name) < 0)
                        return -1;
        }