Michael Haggerty wrote: > If rename() fails, call rollback_lock_file() to delete the lock file > (in case it is still present) and reset the filename field to the > empty string so that the lockfile object is left in a valid state. Can you spell out more what the goal is? Is the idea to keep the .lock file for a shorter period of time, so other processes can lock that file before the current process exits? -- 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