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Re: [PATCH v2 01/16] Move lockfile documentation to lockfile.h and lockfile.c

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 11, 2015, 19:27 UTC
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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
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> Rearrange/rewrite it somewhat to fit its new environment.
> ...
> diff --git a/lockfile.h b/lockfile.h
> index b4abc61..a483cc9 100644
> --- a/lockfile.h
> +++ b/lockfile.h
> @@ -4,54 +4,103 @@
> ...
> @@ -68,16 +117,51 @@ struct lock_file {
>  #define LOCK_SUFFIX ".lock"
>  #define LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN 5
>  
> +
> +/*
> + * Flags
> + * -----
> + *
> + * The following flags can be passed to `hold_lock_file_for_update()`
> + * or `hold_lock_file_for_append()`.
> + */
> +
> +/*
> + * If a lock is already taken for the file, `die()` with an error
> + * message. If this flag is not specified, trying to lock a file that
> + * is already locked returns -1 to the caller.
> + */
>  #define LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR 1
> +
> +/*
> + * Usually symbolic links in the destination path are resolved. This
> + * means that (1) the lockfile is created by adding ".lock" to the
> + * resolved path, and (2) upon commit, the resolved path is
> + * overwritten. However, if `LOCK_NO_DEREF` is set, then the lockfile
> + * is created by adding ".lock" to the path argument itself. This
> + * option is used, for example, when detaching a symbolic reference,
> + * which for backwards-compatibility reasons, can be a symbolic link
> + * containing the name of the referred-to-reference.
> + */
> ...

Thanks. I really like the way these per-item descriptions explain each item much better. The old documentation may have contained all the same info, but a better organization makes a big difference.

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Message 3 of 29 in “Introduce a tempfile module”
  1. 00/16 Introduce a tempfile moduleMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  2. 01/16 Move lockfile documentation to lockfile.h and lockfile.cMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2015
  4. 02/16 create_bundle(): duplicate file descriptor to avoid closing it twiceMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  5. 03/16 lockfile: add accessors get_lock_file_fd() and get_lock_file_fp()Michael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2015
  7. 04/16 lockfile: add accessor get_lock_file_path()Michael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2015
  9. 05/16 commit_lock_file(): use get_locked_file_path()Michael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  10. 06/16 tempfile: a new module for handling temporary filesMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  11. 07/16 prepare_tempfile_object(): new function, extracted from create_tempfile()Michael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2015
  13. 08/16 tempfile: add several functions for creating temporary filesMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  14. 09/16 register_tempfile(): new function to handle an existing temporary fileMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  15. 10/16 write_shared_index(): use tempfile moduleMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  16. 11/16 setup_temporary_shallow(): use tempfile moduleMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  17. 12/16 diff: use tempfile moduleMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2015
  19. Michael HaggertyAug 12, 2015
  20. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2015
  21. 12/16 diff: use tempfile moduleMichael Haggerty, Aug 12, 2015
  22. 13/16 lock_repo_for_gc(): compute the path to "gc.pid" only onceMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2015
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2015
  25. 14/16 gc: use tempfile module to handle gc.pid fileMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  26. 15/16 credential-cache--daemon: delete socket from main()Michael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  27. 16/16 credential-cache--daemon: use tempfile moduleMichael Haggerty, Aug 10, 2015
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2015
  29. Michael HaggertyAug 12, 2015

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