Re: builtin-clone does not fallback to copy when link fails
On Tue, 20 May 2008, Brandon Casey wrote:
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> Brandon Casey wrote:
> >
> > When cloning with the new builtin-clone, if the src repo is not
> > on the same disk as the dest repo, cloning fails. This is because
> > hard linking does not fall back to copying like the shell version
> > did.
> >
> > The shell version also made a distinction between defaulting to
> > hard linking and an explicit request to hard link. In the latter
> > case it would not fall back to copying, but would die.
I think that the shell version's behavior changed at some point, too. I think I tried at some point to figure out exactly what the specified behavior was, and couldn't come up with anything that entirely matched.
> Something like this (if not too ugly) might do the trick:
I think that's good behavior, but it's kind of ugly. How about:
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commit 83afef6a159365c1b9a7a1961cb4c95df24fbcac
Author: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Date: Tue May 20 14:15:14 2008 -0400
Fall back to copying if hardlinking fails
Note that it stops trying hardlinks if any fail.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>diff --git a/builtin-clone.c b/builtin-clone.c
index 8713128..42633ae 100644
--- a/builtin-clone.c
+++ b/builtin-clone.c
@@ -207,13 +207,15 @@ static void copy_or_link_directory(char *src, char *dest)
if (unlink(dest) && errno != ENOENT)
die("failed to unlink %s\n", dest);
- if (option_no_hardlinks) {
- if (copy_file(dest, src, 0666))
- die("failed to copy file to %s\n", dest);
- } else {
- if (link(src, dest))
+ if (!option_no_hardlinks) {
+ if (!link(src, dest))
+ continue;
+ if (option_local)
die("failed to create link %s\n", dest);
+ option_no_hardlinks = 1;
}
+ if (copy_file(dest, src, 0666))
+ die("failed to copy file to %s\n", dest);
}
}