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Re: "git-checkout-cache -f -a" failure

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 10, 2005, 22:57 UTC
Message-ID
<7vr7gewuxt.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To
<118833cc05050911255e601fc@mail.gmail.com>
>>>>> "MW" == Morten Welinder <mwelinder@gmail.com> writes:

MW> git-checkout-cache is having problems when files change from directories to MW> plain files or vice versa. cg-seek seems to be similarly affected.

Could you give this patch a try? It lets checkout-cache remove a file where you want to have a directory (because you want to create something underneath) or remove a whole subdirectory where you want to have a non-directory, when '-f' parameter is specified.

If things test well, I'll put this in the git-jc repository and ask Linus to pull from it alongside with other accumulated patches when he returns.

Thanks.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
------------
# - HEAD: Adjust quoting styles for some environment variables in the documentation.
# + 7: Let checkout-cache stomp on existing file/directory with -f.
--- a/checkout-cache.c
+++ b/checkout-cache.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
  * of "-a" causing problems (not possible in the above example,
  * but get used to it in scripting!).
  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include "cache.h"
 
 static int force = 0, quiet = 0, not_new = 0;
@@ -46,11 +48,51 @@ static void create_directories(const cha
 		len = slash - path;
 		memcpy(buf, path, len);
 		buf[len] = 0;
-		mkdir(buf, 0755);
+		if (mkdir(buf, 0755)) {
+			if (errno == EEXIST) {
+				struct stat st;
+				if (!lstat(buf, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+					continue; /* ok */
+				if (force && !unlink(buf) && !mkdir(buf, 0755))
+					continue;
+			}
+			die("cannot create directory at %s", buf);
+		}
 	}
 	free(buf);
 }
 
+static void remove_subtree(const char *path)
+{
+	DIR *dir = opendir(path);
+	struct dirent *de;
+	char pathbuf[PATH_MAX];
+	char *name;
+	
+	if (!dir)
+		die("cannot opendir %s", path);
+	strcpy(pathbuf, path);
+	name = pathbuf + strlen(path);
+	*name++ = '/';
+	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+		struct stat st;
+		if (de->d_name[0] == '.')
+			continue; /* we mean . and .. but verify_path would
+				   * have rejected any dotfiles earlier.
+				   */
+		strcpy(name, de->d_name);
+		if (lstat(pathbuf, &st))
+			die("cannot lstat %s", pathbuf);
+		if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+			remove_subtree(pathbuf);
+		else if (unlink(pathbuf))
+			die("cannot unlink %s", pathbuf);
+	}
+	closedir(dir);
+	if (rmdir(path))
+		die("cannot rmdir %s", path);
+}
+
 static int create_file(const char *path, unsigned int mode)
 {
 	int fd;
@@ -62,6 +104,14 @@ static int create_file(const char *path,
 			create_directories(path);
 			fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, mode);
 		}
+		else if (errno == EISDIR && force) {
+			remove_subtree(path);
+			fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, mode);
+		}
+		else if (errno == ENOTDIR && force) {
+			create_directories(path);
+			fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, mode);
+		}
 	}
 	return fd;
 }
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Message 4 of 19 in “"git-checkout-cache -f -a" failure”
  1. Morten WelinderMay 9, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2005
  3. Morten WelinderMay 10, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2005
  5. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2005
  7. Morten WelinderMay 11, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2005
  10. Test suitePetr Baudis, May 11, 2005
  11. Test suiteJunio C Hamano, May 12, 2005
  12. Petr BaudisMay 12, 2005
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2005
  14. Fix git-diff-files for symlinks.Junio C Hamano, May 12, 2005
  15. 0/3 Core GIT fixes and additions.Junio C Hamano, May 13, 2005
  16. checkout-cache fixJunio C Hamano, May 12, 2005
  17. Petr BaudisMay 12, 2005
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2005

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