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Re: [PATCH] Added hook in git-receive-pack

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Aug 1, 2005, 00:11 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
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> In the "central repo model" you have another issue - you have potentially
> parallell pushes to different branches with no locking what-so-ever (and
> that's definitely _supposed_ to work), and I have this suspicion that the 
> "update for dumb servers" code isn't really safe in that setting anyway. I 
> haven't checked.

You are absolutely right. It should grab some sort of lock while it does its thing (would fcntl(F_GETLK) be acceptable to networked filesystem folks?).

I have one question regarding the hooks. We seem to prefer avoiding system and roll our own. Is there a particular reason, other than bypassing the need to quote parameters for shell?

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Message 8 of 15 in “Added hook in git-receive-pack”
  1. Added hook in git-receive-packJosef Weidendorfer, Jul 31, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsJul 31, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsJul 31, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2005
  6. Johannes SchindelinJul 31, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsJul 31, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2005
  9. Linus TorvaldsAug 1, 2005
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2005
  11. Josef WeidendorferJul 31, 2005
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2005
  13. Josef WeidendorferAug 13, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2005
  15. Josef WeidendorferAug 13, 2005

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