microsoft / microsoft/VFSForGit
Mac: Improve error handling in PrjFS_WritePlaceholderFile and PrjFS_WritePlaceholderDirectory
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affects: reliability
domain: user-mode
platform: macOS
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
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Description
- Return more specific error codes when mkdir fails
- If
InitializeEmptyPlaceholderfails cleanup the directory or notify VFS4G - Add logging to error scenarios
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading PrjFS_WritePlaceholderFile and PrjFS_WritePlaceholderDirectory and tracing their mkdir and InitializeEmptyPlaceholder error paths. Verify how VFS4G is notified and how existing logging and error-code handling work. Done means specific mkdir errors, cleanup or notification after initialization failure, and logging for the listed error scenarios.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, macos
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100