On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 05:20:10PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Kazuki Yamaguchi <k@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Add a new function set_worktree_head_symref, to update HEAD symref for > > the specified worktree. > > > > To update HEAD of a linked working tree, > > create_symref("worktrees/$work_tree/HEAD", "refs/heads/$branch", msg) > > could be used. However when it comes to updating HEAD of the main > > working tree, it is unusable because it uses $GIT_DIR for > > worktree-specific symrefs (HEAD). > > > > The new function takes git_dir (real directory) as an argument, and > > updates HEAD of the working tree. This function will be used when > > renaming a branch. > > > > Signed-off-by: Kazuki Yamaguchi <k@xxxxxx> > > --- > > diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c > > @@ -2894,6 +2894,41 @@ int create_symref(const char *refname, const char *target, const char *logmsg) > > +int set_worktree_head_symref(const char *gitdir, const char *target) > > +{ > > + static struct lock_file head_lock; > > + struct ref_lock *lock; > > + struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT; > > + struct strbuf head_path = STRBUF_INIT; > > + const char *head_rel; > > + int ret; > > + > > + strbuf_addf(&head_path, "%s/HEAD", absolute_path(gitdir)); > > + if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&head_lock, head_path.buf, > > + LOCK_NO_DEREF) < 0) { > > + error("%s", err.buf); > > 'err' has not been populated at this point, so I suspect that this > error message is likely to be rather uninformative. Yes, unable_to_lock_message() is missing. Thank you for pointing it out. > > > + strbuf_release(&err); > > + strbuf_release(&head_path); > > + return -1; > > + } > > + > > + /* head_rel will be "HEAD" for the main tree, "worktrees/wt/HEAD" for > > + linked trees */ > > + head_rel = remove_leading_path(head_path.buf, > > + absolute_path(get_git_common_dir())); > > + /* to make use of create_symref_locked(), initialize ref_lock */ > > + lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ref_lock)); > > + lock->lk = &head_lock; > > + lock->ref_name = xstrdup(head_rel); > > + lock->orig_ref_name = xstrdup(head_rel); > > + > > + ret = create_symref_locked(lock, head_rel, target, NULL); > > + > > + unlock_ref(lock); /* will free lock */ > > + strbuf_release(&head_path); > > + return ret; > > +} > > + -- 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