Re: [PATCH v4] Allow update hooks to update refs on their own.

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Hi,

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

> Steven Grimm <koreth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This is useful in cases where a hook needs to modify an incoming commit
> > in some way, e.g., fixing whitespace errors, adding an annotation to
> > the commit message, noting the location of output from a profiling tool,
> > or committing to an svn repository using git-svn.
> ...
> > +/* Update hook exit code: hook has updated ref on its own */
> > +#define EXIT_CODE_REF_UPDATED 100
> 
> Hmm.  I would actually rather move the ref locking to before we run
> the update hook, so the ref is locked *while* the hook executes.

Would that not mean that you cannot use update-ref to update the ref, 
since that wants to use the same lock?

Ciao,
Dscho

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