On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Daniel Barkalow wrote: > > > > +void add_to_alternates_file(const char *reference) > > +{ > > + char *file; > > + char *alt; > > + int fd; > > + > > + file = mkpath("%s/objects/info/alternates", get_git_dir()); > > + fd = open(file, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_APPEND, 0666); > > + if (fd < 0) > > + die("failed to create %s", file); > > Even with alternates, which are probably written only rarely, I would have > expected a lockfile procedure (if only to be consistent with the rest). That's a good idea; I started with this inside clone, where you can be pretty certain not to get contention (and the shell version is using >> to update it), but in the library the lockfile is the right thing to do, so that other code can use it safely. -Daniel *This .sig left intentionally blank* -- 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