# [PATCH] sequencer: remove pointless rollback_lock_file()

2 messages from 2023-03-23 to 2023-03-24. Participants: Oswald Buddenhagen, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/59456

## Oswald Buddenhagen, 2023-03-23 16:22

Subject: [PATCH] sequencer: remove pointless rollback_lock_file()
Message-ID: <20230323162235.995529-1-oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20230323162235.995529-1-oswald.buddenhagen%40gmx.de

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The file is gone even if commit_lock_file() fails.

Signed-off-by: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
---
 sequencer.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 3be23d7ca2..2da9b9f890 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -3676,7 +3676,6 @@ static int safe_append(const char *filename, const char *fmt, ...)
 	}
 	if (commit_lock_file(&lock) < 0) {
 		strbuf_release(&buf);
-		rollback_lock_file(&lock);
 		return error(_("failed to finalize '%s'"), filename);
 	}
 
-- 
2.40.0.152.g15d061e6df


```

## Junio C Hamano, 2023-03-24 14:51

Subject: Re: [PATCH] sequencer: remove pointless rollback_lock_file()
Message-ID: <xmqq8rfm5hk7.fsf@gitster.g>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqq8rfm5hk7.fsf%40gitster.g
In-Reply-To: <20230323162235.995529-1-oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>

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Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de> writes:

> The file is gone even if commit_lock_file() fails.

Good spotting.  

I glanced over hits from "git grep -A6 commit_lock_file \*.c" to see
if there is a similar mistake, but this seems to be the only one.

Will queue.  Thanks.

> Signed-off-by: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
> ---
>  sequencer.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
> index 3be23d7ca2..2da9b9f890 100644
> --- a/sequencer.c
> +++ b/sequencer.c
> @@ -3676,7 +3676,6 @@ static int safe_append(const char *filename, const char *fmt, ...)
>  	}
>  	if (commit_lock_file(&lock) < 0) {
>  		strbuf_release(&buf);
> -		rollback_lock_file(&lock);
>  		return error(_("failed to finalize '%s'"), filename);
>  	}

```
