Re: [PATCH 0/6] refs: introduce support for partial reference transactions

From: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 12, 2025, 12:36 UTC
Message-ID: <CAOLa=ZREofXJnyFEzQLoAKk-A1_==wqBy3YyCCgLeXT8qhdGHg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <786eef7b-94e5-4f92-a82c-aeea69b5c103@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

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> On 11/02/2025 17:03, Phillip Wood wrote:
>> On 07/02/2025 07:34, Karthik Nayak wrote:
>  >
>>> This series introduces support for partial reference transactions,
>>> allowing individual reference updates to fail while letting others
>>> proceed.
>
> Thinking about this some more it is possible to skip the checking the
> current value of the ref so what is making the transaction fail? Is it
> D/F conflicts or something else?
>

It could be a multitude of issues, to name a some:
  - D/F conflicts
  - Unexpected old oid/target
  - dangling symrefs

So this gives a hatch to partially commit parts of a transaction while also notifying the user about parts which failed.

> Best Wishes
>
> Phillip