Change create_branch to use a ref transaction when creating the new branch. ref_transaction_create will check that the ref does not already exist and fail otherwise meaning that we no longer need to keep a lock on the ref during the setup_tracking. This simplifies the code since we can now do the transaction in one single step. If the forcing flag is false then use ref_transaction_create since this will fail if the ref already exist. Otherwise use ref_transaction_update. This also fixes a race condition in the old code where two concurrent create_branch could race since the lock_any_ref_for_update/write_ref_sha1 did not protect against the ref already existing. I.e. one thread could end up overwriting a branch even if the forcing flag is false. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@xxxxxxxxxx> --- branch.c | 29 +++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c index 660097b..8bf7588 100644 --- a/branch.c +++ b/branch.c @@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, int force, int reflog, int clobber_head, int quiet, enum branch_track track) { - struct ref_lock *lock = NULL; struct commit *commit; unsigned char sha1[20]; char *real_ref, msg[PATH_MAX + 20]; @@ -285,15 +284,6 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, die(_("Not a valid branch point: '%s'."), start_name); hashcpy(sha1, commit->object.sha1); - if (!dont_change_ref) { - lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(ref.buf, NULL, 0, NULL); - if (!lock) - die_errno(_("Failed to lock ref for update")); - } - - if (reflog) - log_all_ref_updates = 1; - if (forcing) snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Reset to %s", start_name); @@ -301,13 +291,24 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, snprintf(msg, sizeof msg, "branch: Created from %s", start_name); + if (reflog) + log_all_ref_updates = 1; + + if (!dont_change_ref) { + struct ref_transaction *transaction; + struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT; + + transaction = ref_transaction_begin(); + if (!transaction || + ref_transaction_update(transaction, ref.buf, sha1, + null_sha1, 0, !forcing, &err) || + ref_transaction_commit(transaction, msg, &err)) + die("%s", err.buf); + } + if (real_ref && track) setup_tracking(ref.buf + 11, real_ref, track, quiet); - if (!dont_change_ref) - if (write_ref_sha1(lock, sha1, msg) < 0) - die_errno(_("Failed to write ref")); - strbuf_release(&ref); free(real_ref); } -- 2.0.0.rc3.477.gffe78a2 -- 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