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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] commit.c: check for lock error and return early

From
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Apr 16, 2014, 22:06 UTC
Message-ID
<534EFEE0.9000806@alum.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To
<1397674613-4922-3-git-send-email-sahlberg@google.com>
On 04/16/2014 08:56 PM, Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
> Move the check for the lock failure to happen immediately after
> lock_any_ref_for_update().
> Previously the lock and the check-if-lock-failed was separated by a handful
> of string manipulation statements.

Please flow sentences together into paragraphs for easier reading, rather than having an extremely ragged right-hand margin.

The rest looks good.
Michael
Show 38 quoted lines
>
> Moving the check to occur immediately after the failed lock makes the
> code slightly easier to read and makes it follow the pattern of
>  try-to-take-a-lock()
>  if (check-if-lock-failed){
>     error
>  }
> ---
>  builtin/commit.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
> index d9550c5..c6320f1 100644
> --- a/builtin/commit.c
> +++ b/builtin/commit.c
> @@ -1672,6 +1672,10 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  					   ? NULL
>  					   : current_head->object.sha1,
>  					   0, NULL);
> +	if (!ref_lock) {
> +		rollback_index_files();
> +		die(_("cannot lock HEAD ref"));
> +	}
>  
>  	nl = strchr(sb.buf, '\n');
>  	if (nl)
> @@ -1681,10 +1685,6 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  	strbuf_insert(&sb, 0, reflog_msg, strlen(reflog_msg));
>  	strbuf_insert(&sb, strlen(reflog_msg), ": ", 2);
>  
> -	if (!ref_lock) {
> -		rollback_index_files();
> -		die(_("cannot lock HEAD ref"));
> -	}
>  	if (write_ref_sha1(ref_lock, sha1, sb.buf) < 0) {
>  		rollback_index_files();
>  		die(_("cannot update HEAD ref"));
> 
-- 
Michael Haggerty
mhagger@alum.mit.edu
http://softwareswirl.blogspot.com/
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Message 5 of 6 in “Check for lock failures early”
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  2. 1/2 sequencer.c: check for lock failure and bail early in fast_forward_toRonnie Sahlberg, Apr 16, 2014
  3. Michael HaggertyApr 16, 2014
  4. 2/2 commit.c: check for lock error and return earlyRonnie Sahlberg, Apr 16, 2014
  5. Michael HaggertyApr 16, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2014

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