From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:39:12 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] make update-server-info more robust
Message-ID: <xmqqlhpk7mpb.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140913201920.GB27082@peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Since "git update-server-info" may be called automatically
> as part of a push or a "gc --auto", we should be robust
> against two processes trying to update it simultaneously.
> However, we currently use a fixed tempfile, which means that
> two simultaneous writers may step on each other's toes and
> end up renaming junk into place.

Thanks.  I'll queue these clean-ups but we may want to start
thinking about deprecating and removing the dumb http support.