This is a quick and dirty fix for the broken "git cherry-pick -n" on some broken OS, which does not remove the directory entry after unlink succeeded(!) if the file is still open somewher. The entry is left but "protected": no open, no unlink, no stat. Very annoying. Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> --- Alex Riesen, Mon, Apr 23, 2007 21:49:25 +0200: > diff --git a/builtin-write-tree.c b/builtin-write-tree.c > index c88bbd1..d8284b4 100644 > --- a/builtin-write-tree.c > +++ b/builtin-write-tree.c > @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ int write_tree(unsigned char *sha1, int missing_ok, const char *prefix) > > was_valid = cache_tree_fully_valid(active_cache_tree); > > + close(newfd); > if (!was_valid) { > if (cache_tree_update(active_cache_tree, > active_cache, active_nr, BTW, can someone explain this hunk? And how does it manage to pass the tests?! And HOW did it manage to pass me?!!! builtin-write-tree.c | 6 +++++- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-write-tree.c b/builtin-write-tree.c index c88bbd1..391de53 100644 --- a/builtin-write-tree.c +++ b/builtin-write-tree.c @@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ int write_tree(unsigned char *sha1, int missing_ok, const char *prefix) die("git-write-tree: error building trees"); if (0 <= newfd) { if (!write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) - && !close(newfd)) + && !close(newfd)) { commit_lock_file(lock_file); + newfd = -1; + } } /* Not being able to write is fine -- we are only interested * in updating the cache-tree part, and if the next caller @@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ int write_tree(unsigned char *sha1, int missing_ok, const char *prefix) else hashcpy(sha1, active_cache_tree->sha1); + if (0 <= newfd) + close(newfd); rollback_lock_file(lock_file); return 0; -- 1.5.2.rc0.65.gd296e - 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