Commit 83a3069a3 (lockfile: do not rollback lock on failed close, 2017-09-05) forgot to update the documentation by the function definition to reflect that the lock is not rolled back in case closing fails. Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- lockfile.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lockfile.h b/lockfile.h index 7c1c484d7..f401c979f 100644 --- a/lockfile.h +++ b/lockfile.h @@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ extern char *get_locked_file_path(struct lock_file *lk); * If the lockfile is still open, close it (and the file pointer if it * has been opened using `fdopen_lock_file()`) without renaming the * lockfile over the file being locked. Return 0 upon success. On - * failure to `close(2)`, return a negative value and roll back the - * lock file. Usually `commit_lock_file()`, `commit_lock_file_to()`, + * failure to `close(2)`, return a negative value (the lockfile is not + * rolled back). Usually `commit_lock_file()`, `commit_lock_file_to()`, * or `rollback_lock_file()` should eventually be called. */ static inline int close_lock_file_gently(struct lock_file *lk) -- 2.15.0.rc0
