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Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/7] Multiple simultaneously locked ref updates

From
MFMartin Fick <mfick@codeaurora.org>
Date
Aug 29, 2013, 15:32 UTC
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<201308290932.18199.mfick@codeaurora.org>
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<cover.1377784597.git.brad.king@kitware.com>
On Thursday, August 29, 2013 08:11:48 am Brad King wrote:
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> 
>    fatal: Unable to create '....lock': File exists.
>    If no other git process is currently running, this
> probably means a git process crashed in this repository
> earlier. Make sure no other git process is running and
> remove the file manually to continue.

I don't believe git currently tries to do any form of stale lock recovery since it is racy and unreliable (both single server or on a multi-server shared repo),

-Martin
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Message 24 of 106 in “Multiple simultaneously locked ref updates”
  1. 0/7 Multiple simultaneously locked ref updatesBrad King, Aug 29, 2013
  2. 1/7 reset: rename update_refs to reset_refsBrad King, Aug 29, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  4. Brad KingAug 29, 2013
  5. 2/7 refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_updateBrad King, Aug 29, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  7. Brad KingAug 29, 2013
  8. 3/7 refs: factor update_ref steps into helpersBrad King, Aug 29, 2013
  9. 4/7 refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helperBrad King, Aug 29, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  11. Brad KingAug 29, 2013
  12. 5/7 refs: add function to repack without multiple refsBrad King, Aug 29, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  14. Brad KingAug 29, 2013
  15. 6/7 refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updatesBrad King, Aug 29, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  17. Brad KingAug 29, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  19. Brad KingAug 29, 2013
  20. Brad KingAug 29, 2013
  21. 7/7 update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updatesBrad King, Aug 29, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  23. Brad KingAug 29, 2013
  24. Martin FickAug 29, 2013
  25. Brad KingAug 29, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  27. Brad KingAug 29, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  29. Brad KingAug 29, 2013
  30. 0/8 Multiple simultaneously locked ref updatesBrad King, Aug 30, 2013
  31. 1/8 reset: rename update_refs to reset_refsBrad King, Aug 30, 2013
  32. 2/8 refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_updateBrad King, Aug 30, 2013
  33. 3/8 refs: factor update_ref steps into helpersBrad King, Aug 30, 2013
  34. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2013
  35. Brad KingSep 2, 2013
  36. 4/8 refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helperBrad King, Aug 30, 2013
  37. Michael HaggertyAug 31, 2013
  38. Brad KingSep 2, 2013
  39. 5/8 refs: add function to repack without multiple refsBrad King, Aug 30, 2013
  40. 6/8 refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updatesBrad King, Aug 30, 2013
  41. Michael HaggertyAug 31, 2013
  42. Brad KingSep 2, 2013
  43. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2013
  44. Brad KingSep 2, 2013
  45. Michael HaggertySep 3, 2013
  46. Brad KingSep 3, 2013
  47. 7/8 update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updatesBrad King, Aug 30, 2013
  48. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2013
  49. Brad KingSep 2, 2013
  50. Michael HaggertyAug 31, 2013
  51. Brad KingSep 2, 2013
  52. 8/8 update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signatureBrad King, Aug 30, 2013
  53. Eric SunshineSep 1, 2013
  54. Brad KingSep 2, 2013
  55. Michael HaggertyAug 31, 2013
  56. 0/8 Multiple simultaneously locked ref updatesBrad King, Sep 2, 2013
  57. 1/8 reset: rename update_refs to reset_refsBrad King, Sep 2, 2013
  58. 2/8 refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_updateBrad King, Sep 2, 2013
  59. 3/8 refs: factor update_ref steps into helpersBrad King, Sep 2, 2013
  60. 4/8 refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helperBrad King, Sep 2, 2013
  61. 5/8 refs: add function to repack without multiple refsBrad King, Sep 2, 2013
  62. 6/8 refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updatesBrad King, Sep 2, 2013
  63. 7/8 update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updatesBrad King, Sep 2, 2013
  64. Brad KingSep 2, 2013
  65. 8/8 update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signatureBrad King, Sep 2, 2013
  66. Eric SunshineSep 3, 2013
  67. Brad KingSep 3, 2013
  68. 0/8 Multiple simultaneously locked ref updatesBrad King, Sep 4, 2013
  69. 1/8 reset: rename update_refs to reset_refsBrad King, Sep 4, 2013
  70. 2/8 refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_updateBrad King, Sep 4, 2013
  71. 3/8 refs: factor update_ref steps into helpersBrad King, Sep 4, 2013
  72. 4/8 refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helperBrad King, Sep 4, 2013
  73. 5/8 refs: add function to repack without multiple refsBrad King, Sep 4, 2013
  74. 6/8 refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updatesBrad King, Sep 4, 2013
  75. 7/8 update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updatesBrad King, Sep 4, 2013
  76. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2013
  77. Brad KingSep 4, 2013
  78. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2013
  79. Brad KingSep 5, 2013
  80. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2013
  81. Brad KingSep 5, 2013
  82. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2013
  83. Brad KingSep 4, 2013
  84. 8/8 update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signatureBrad King, Sep 4, 2013
  85. 0/8 Multiple simultaneously locked ref updatesBrad King, Sep 9, 2013
  86. 7/8 update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updatesBrad King, Sep 9, 2013
  87. 8/8 update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signatureBrad King, Sep 9, 2013
  88. 0/8 Multiple simultaneously locked ref updatesBrad King, Sep 10, 2013
  89. 1/8 reset: rename update_refs to reset_refsBrad King, Sep 10, 2013
  90. Ramkumar RamachandraSep 10, 2013
  91. 2/8 refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_updateBrad King, Sep 10, 2013
  92. 3/8 refs: factor update_ref steps into helpersBrad King, Sep 10, 2013
  93. 4/8 refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helperBrad King, Sep 10, 2013
  94. 5/8 refs: add function to repack without multiple refsBrad King, Sep 10, 2013
  95. 6/8 refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updatesBrad King, Sep 10, 2013
  96. 7/8 update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updatesBrad King, Sep 10, 2013
  97. Eric SunshineSep 10, 2013
  98. Brad KingSep 11, 2013
  99. Eric SunshineSep 11, 2013
  100. 8/8 update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signatureBrad King, Sep 10, 2013
  101. Eric SunshineSep 10, 2013
  102. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2013
  103. 8/8 update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signatureBrad King, Sep 11, 2013
  104. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2013
  105. Brad KingSep 10, 2013
  106. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2013

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