From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 22:36:14 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/17] remove hold_lock_file_for_append
Message-ID: <xmqqk2t2u5y9.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150810093514.GE30981@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> No users of hold_lock_file_for_append remain, so remove it.

This does not seem to have anything to do with rotating static buffers
used in get_pathname(); the only effect it has is to conflict heavily
with Michael's tempfile topic X-<.

Perhaps this should be part of Michael's tempfile topic?