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[RFC PATCH v2] builtin/worktree: enhance worktree removal

From
Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 27, 2017, 17:36 UTC
Message-ID
<20171127173621.6707-1-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20883815-0d9b-a4d8-cc93-0eb8b918551f@gmail.com>

"git worktree remove" removes both the named worktree directory and the administrative information for it after checking that there is no local modifications that would be lost (which is a handy safety measure). However, due to a possible oversight, it aborts with an error if the worktree directory is _already_ removed.

The user could use "git worktree prune" after seeing the error and realizing the situation, but at that point, there is nothing gained by leaving only the administrative data behind. Teach "git worktree remove" to go ahead and remove the trace of the worktree in such a case.

Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
---
 Changes in v2:
  - incorporated the suggestion to avoid quieting `validate_worktree()`
    to detect inexistent directory (thanks, Eric!)
  - used the suggested (much better) commit message
 builtin/worktree.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index b5afba164..6eab91889 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -605,6 +605,23 @@ static int move_worktree(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 	return update_worktree_location(wt, dst.buf);
 }
 
+/* Removes the .git/worktrees/worktree_id directory for
+ * the given worktree_id
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success and non-zero value in case of failure
+ */
+static int remove_worktree_entry(char *worktree_id) {
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct strbuf we_path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	strbuf_addstr(&we_path, git_common_path("worktrees/%s", worktree_id));
+	if (remove_dir_recursively(&we_path, 0)) {
+		error_errno(_("failed to delete '%s'"), we_path.buf);
+		ret = -1;
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&we_path);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int remove_worktree(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int force = 0;
@@ -634,6 +651,16 @@ static int remove_worktree(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 			die(_("already locked, reason: %s"), reason);
 		die(_("already locked, no reason"));
 	}
+
+	if (!file_exists(wt->path)) {
+	/* There's a worktree entry but the worktree directory
+	 * doesn't exist. So, just remove the worktree entry.
+	 */
+		ret = remove_worktree_entry(wt->id);
+		free_worktrees(worktrees);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	if (validate_worktree(wt, 0))
 		return -1;
 
@@ -670,13 +697,7 @@ static int remove_worktree(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 		error_errno(_("failed to delete '%s'"), sb.buf);
 		ret = -1;
 	}
-	strbuf_reset(&sb);
-	strbuf_addstr(&sb, git_common_path("worktrees/%s", wt->id));
-	if (remove_dir_recursively(&sb, 0)) {
-		error_errno(_("failed to delete '%s'"), sb.buf);
-		ret = -1;
-	}
-	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	ret = remove_worktree_entry(wt->id);
 	free_worktrees(worktrees);
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.15.0.345.gf926f18f3
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  1. builtin/worktree: enhance worktree removalKaartic Sivaraam, Nov 21, 2017
  2. Eric SunshineNov 21, 2017
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2017
  4. Eric SunshineNov 22, 2017
  5. Eric SunshineNov 22, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2017
  7. Eric SunshineNov 22, 2017
  8. Kaartic SivaraamNov 22, 2017
  9. builtin/worktree: enhance worktree removalKaartic Sivaraam, Nov 27, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2017
  11. Eric SunshineNov 28, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2017
  13. Eric SunshineNov 28, 2017
  14. Kaartic SivaraamNov 28, 2017
  15. Kaartic SivaraamNov 22, 2017
  16. Kaartic SivaraamNov 22, 2017
  17. Eric SunshineNov 22, 2017

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