From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 02:12:22 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] git_path(): handle `.lock` files correctly
Message-ID: <xmqqd0eojjll.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1910212157350.46@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> However, I think this is _really_ ugly and intrusive. The opposite of
> what my goals were.
>
> So I think I'll just bite the bullet and use a temporary copy if the
> argument ends in `.lock`.

Sounds like a quite sensible design decision to me.