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Re: [PATCH 2/7] rebase -i: don't error out if $state_dir already exists

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Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com>
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Apr 23, 2013, 14:45 UTC
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On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> wrote:

> Practically speaking, the only reason why a `mkdir $state_dir` would
> fail is because $state_dir already exists.
Would we ever get to this point in the code if it already exists?

Also, I had the feeling that the check it might fail if the user does not have permissions to create the directory. Is there always something else that will fail first?

Previous: Ramkumar RamachandraNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 9 of 28 in “Introduce rebase.autostash”
  1. 0/7 Introduce rebase.autostashRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 23, 2013
  2. 1/7 am: suppress error output from a conditionalRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 23, 2013
  3. Martin von ZweigbergkApr 23, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  5. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 23, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  7. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 23, 2013
  8. 2/7 rebase -i: don't error out if $state_dir already existsRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 23, 2013
  9. Martin von ZweigbergkApr 23, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  11. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 23, 2013
  12. 3/7 am: tighten a conditional that checks for $dotestRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 23, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  14. 4/7 am: don't do housekeeping when rebasingRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 23, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  16. 5/7 rebase -i: return control to the caller, for housekeepingRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 23, 2013
  17. Martin von ZweigbergkApr 23, 2013
  18. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 25, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  20. 6/7 sh-setup: introduce require_clean_work_tree --quietRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 23, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  22. 7/7 rebase: implement --[no-]autostash and rebase.autostashRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 23, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  25. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 23, 2013
  26. Phil HordApr 23, 2013
  27. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 24, 2013
  28. Matthieu MoyApr 24, 2013

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