Re: [PATCH v3] sha1_file: pass empty buffer to index empty file
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
- Date
- May 20, 2015, 17:38 UTC
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- <20150520173836.GA14561@peff.net>
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On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:25:41AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes: > > > Not related to your patch, but I've often wondered if we can just get > > rid of hold_lock_file_for_append. There's exactly one caller, and I > > think it is doing the wrong thing. It is add_to_alternates_file(), but > > shouldn't it probably read the existing lines to make sure it is not > > adding a duplicate? IOW, I think hold_lock_file_for_append is a > > fundamentally bad interface, because almost nobody truly wants to _just_ > > append. > > Yeah, I tend to agree. Perhaps I should throw it into the list of > low hanging fruits (aka lmgtfy:"git blame leftover bits") and see if > anybody bites ;-)
Good thinking. I think it is the right urgency and difficulty for that list.
-Peff