Hi, On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Ryan Anderson wrote: > +if [ -f $GIT_DIR/repack.lock ] > +then > + echo "Existing repack job appears to be running." > + echo "Remove $GIT_DIR/repack.lock if this is not the case." > + exit 1 > +else > + echo $$ > $GIT_DIR/repack.lock > +fi It is not like it is being an atomic operation, but then, we are not going to call repack multiple times a second. I'd say it is sufficient. Ciao, Dscho - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html