On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 04:01:56PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > You know what is *really* funny? > > -- snip -- > static int git_config_from_stdin(config_fn_t fn, void *data) > { > return do_config_from_file(fn, CONFIG_ORIGIN_STDIN, "", NULL, stdin, data, 0); > } > > int git_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename, void *data) > { > int ret = -1; > FILE *f; > > f = fopen_or_warn(filename, "r"); > if (f) { > flockfile(f); > ret = do_config_from_file(fn, CONFIG_ORIGIN_FILE, filename, filename, f, data, 0); > funlockfile(f); > fclose(f); > } > return ret; > } > -- snap -- > > So the _stdin variant *goes out of its way not to flockfile()*... *facepalm* That's probably my fault, since git_config_from_stdin() existed already when I did the flockfile stuff. Probably the flockfile should go into do_config_from_file(), where we specify to use the unlocked variants. > But I guess all this will become moot when I start handing down the config > options. It does mean that I have to change the signatures in header > files, oh well ;-) > > But then I can drop this here patch and we can stop musing about > flockfile() ;-) Yeah, I'll wait to see how your refactor turns out. -Peff