Re: [PATCH 0/2] improve relocate_git_dir to fail into a sane state.

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 19, 2016, 22:54 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfuljmswl.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20161219215709.24620-1-sbeller@google.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

> This goes on top of sb/submodule-embed-gitdir.
> When the absorbing of a git dir fails, try to recover into a sane state,
> i.e. try to undo the move of the git dir.

Are these unconditionally good improvements? I ask because the series is still not in 'next' and it is the last chance to fold these into existing patches if we wanted to.

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>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
>
> Stefan Beller (2):
>   dir.c: split up connect_work_tree_and_git_dir
>   dir.c: add retry logic to relocate_gitdir
>
>  dir.c       | 118 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  dir.h       |   6 ++--
>  submodule.c |   3 +-
>  3 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)