From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 02:25:00 GMT
Subject: Re: git-cvsserver & push/commit atomically
Message-ID: <86wtg0j8qr.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0602130110590.21465@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

>>>>> "Johannes" == Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

Johannes> Correct. The filesystem way to lock is to create a lock file and
Johannes> fail if it already exists.

Unless NFS has been fixed, that's not an atomic operation over NFS.  Might not
matter here, but important to note if this is your first time seeing this lock
strategy.

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