Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > We want to make sure that we update all refs before we delete any refs > so that there is no point in time where the tips may not be reachable > from any ref in the system. > We currently acheive this by first looping over all updates and applying > them before we run a second loop and perform all the deletes. > > If we sort the new sha1 for all the refs so that a deleted ref, > with sha1 0{40} comes at the end of the array, then we can just run > a single loop and still guarantee that all updates happen before > any deletes. > > Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > refs.c | 18 +++++++++++------- > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c > index 1678e12..453318e 100644 > --- a/refs.c > +++ b/refs.c > @@ -3309,6 +3309,15 @@ static int ref_update_compare(const void *r1, const void *r2) > return strcmp((*u1)->ref_name, (*u2)->ref_name); > } > > +static int ref_delete_compare(const void *r1, const void *r2) > +{ > + const struct ref_update * const *u1 = r1; > + const struct ref_update * const *u2 = r2; > + > + /* -strcmp so that 0{40} sorts to the end */ > + return -strcmp((*u1)->new_sha1, (*u2)->new_sha1); Two glitches: - Didn't you mean hashcmp()? - Don't you have an explicit ->delete_ref field that is a more direct way, than relying on the convention "updating to 0{40} is to delte", to express this? In other words, wouldn't it be more like return !(*u1)->delete_ref - !(*u2)->delete_ref; or something (I may be wrong about the sign, tho---I didn't think carefully)? > +} > + > static int ref_update_reject_duplicates(struct ref_update **updates, int n, > enum action_on_err onerr) > { > @@ -3388,13 +3397,8 @@ int update_refs(const char *action, const struct ref_update **updates_orig, > unlink_or_warn(git_path("logs/%s", delnames[i])); > clear_loose_ref_cache(&ref_cache); > > - /* Perform updates first so live commits remain referenced */ > - for (i = 0; i < n; i++) > - if (locks[i] && !locks[i]->delete_ref) { > - ret |= commit_ref_lock(locks[i]); > - locks[i] = NULL; > - } > - /* And finally perform all deletes */ > + /* Sort the array so that we perform all updates before any deletes */ > + qsort(updates, n, sizeof(*updates), ref_delete_compare); > for (i = 0; i < n; i++) > if (locks[i]) { > ret |= commit_ref_lock(locks[i]); -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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