From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 06:02:33 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compat: Allow static initializer for pthreads on Windows
Message-ID: <xmqqlgxa8h3a.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <93be5d21-6cb6-ee2b-9f4f-c2fe7c690d6c@kdbg.org>

Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:

> Am 26.10.2016 um 23:57 schrieb Stefan Beller:
>> In Windows it is not possible to have a static initialized mutex as of
>> now, but that seems to be painful for the upcoming refactoring of the
>> attribute subsystem, as we have no good place to put the initialization
>> of the attr global lock.
>
> Please rewrite the attribute system such that it can have a dynamic
> initialization. If you find a global initialization in main() too
> gross (I would agree) then setup_git_directory() might be the right
> place.

As many codepaths may not even need access to the attributes, I
doubt that would be a very productive direction to go.