Re: [PATCH v2] reftable: ignore file-in-use errors when unlink(3p) fails on Windows

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Mar 14, 2025, 15:00 UTC
Message-ID: <Z9REjHgrhzUzWoqJ@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <de954c02-8711-43e9-8f4c-259718034497@t-online.de>

On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 03:18:55PM +0100, Christian Reich wrote:

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> Greetings,
> 
> the patch didn't find the way in next git version.
> 
> But there is a change in git for windows, which prevents multiple asks the
> same questions:
> 
> https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/dba1473162b4319a0a2c7f74ab48ed4a826f7ac7
> 
> The other option to prevent the asks, is to set GIT_ASK_YESNO but the sleeps
> slow down the process.

The patch is still blocked because [1] hasn't landed yet. Once it does I expect the patch to be merged. But yes, this will not be part of Git v2.49, but of the next release.

Patrick

[1]: <20250127-pks-reftable-drop-git-compat-util-v1-0-6e280a564877@pks.im>