From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:09:25 GMT
Subject: Re: Keeping unreachable objects in a separate pack instead of loose?
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1206121507120.23555@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <m2fwa0fk0y.fsf@igel.home>

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012, Andreas Schwab wrote:

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > We could close it in both cases by tweaking the mtime of the file
> > containing the object when we decide not to write because the object
> > already exists.
> 
> Though there is always the window between the existence check and the
> mtime update where pruning can hit you.

This is a tiny window compared to 2 weeks.

This could be avoided entirely with:

1. check presence of object X

2. update its mtime

3. check presence of object X again

4. create if doesn't exist


Nicolas