Normally we try to skip writing a ref if its value hasn't changed
but in the special case that the ref doesn't exist but the new
value is going to be 0{40} then force writing the ref anyway.
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
refs.c | 4 +++-
refs.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
13f3c9a2b8959da1947e21c32e58d81d32a83f3e
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 9d37a02..31cf276 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ static struct ref_lock* lock_ref_sha1_ba
const unsigned char *old_sha1, int mustexist)
{
struct ref_lock *lock;
+ struct stat st;
lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ref_lock));
lock->lock_fd = -1;
@@ -303,6 +304,7 @@ static struct ref_lock* lock_ref_sha1_ba
lock->ref_file = strdup(path);
lock->lock_file = strdup(mkpath("%s.lock", lock->ref_file));
lock->log_file = strdup(git_path("logs/%s", lock->ref_file + plen));
+ lock->force_write = !lstat(lock->ref_file, &st) || errno == ENOENT;
if (safe_create_leading_directories(lock->lock_file))
die("unable to create directory for %s", lock->lock_file);
@@ -405,7 +407,7 @@ int write_ref_sha1(struct ref_lock *lock
if (!lock)
return -1;
- if (!memcmp(lock->old_sha1, sha1, 20)) {
+ if (!lock->force_write && !memcmp(lock->old_sha1, sha1, 20)) {
unlock_ref(lock);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 2c854de..6c946ea 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ struct ref_lock {
char *log_file;
unsigned char old_sha1[20];
int lock_fd;
+ int force_write;
};
/*
--
1.3.2.g7278
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