microsoft / microsoft/VFSForGit
[upgrade] Switch from calling `Exit` to letting unhandled exceptions bring down the process
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Description
Some investigation is required to makes sure that all native/background threads with unhandled exceptions will crash the VFS4G process.
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 auditing the native and background thread exception-handling paths and the existing calls to Exit. Verify how unhandled exceptions currently affect the VFS4G process, then ensure the investigation covers all such threads and defines completion as unhandled exceptions bringing down the process.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100