From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:47:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] t5541: generalize reference locking
Message-ID: <xmqqa5pbhfkw.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20240111072828.GD48154@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 06:52:30PM +0000, Justin Tobler via GitGitGadget wrote:
>
>> From: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
>> 
>> Some tests set up reference locks by directly creating the lockfile.
>> While this works for the files reference backend, reftable reference
>> locks operate differently and are incompatible with this approach.
>> Generalize reference locking by preparing a reference transaction.
>
> As with the first patch, I think we could use d/f conflicts to get the
> same effect. Perhaps something like this:

Thanks for a great alternative.  I agree that avoiding fifo indeed
is a better way to go.