Re: [PATCH] cvsimport: use git-update-ref when updating

From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Mar 31, 2006, 10:32 UTC
Message-ID: <20060331103230.GB15159@hand.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0603311207270.20122@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> > 
> > > This simplifies code, and also fixes a subtle bug: when importing in a
> > > shared repository, where another user last imported from CVS, cvsimport
> > > used to complain that it could not open <branch> for update.
> > 
> > The second hunk look sensible but I do not know about "use Fcntl"
> > since I do not see anything you are adding that starts to use it...
> 
> O_EXCL. Without "use Fcntl;" perl says I am not allowed to use bareword 
> things in strict mode or some such.

Huh?  I still don't see where O_EXCL is used.

> > > +       system("git-update-ref refs/heads/$branch $cid") == 0

Passing args to system() in list form is always preferable in case there's a shell-unfriendly variable:

	system("git-update-ref", "refs/heads/$branch", $cid) == 0

-- 
Eric Wong