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| -rw-r--r-- | refs/files-backend.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index 997e021c1c..fbcd0c790b 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -3061,6 +3061,19 @@ static int files_reflog_expire(struct ref_store *ref_store, strbuf_release(&err); return -1; } + + /* + * When refs are deleted, their reflog is deleted before the + * ref itself is deleted. This is because there is no separate + * lock for reflog; instead we take a lock on the ref with + * lock_ref_oid_basic(). + * + * If a race happens and the reflog doesn't exist after we've + * acquired the lock that's OK. We've got nothing more to do; + * We were asked to delete the reflog, but someone else + * deleted it! The caller doesn't care that we deleted it, + * just that it is deleted. So we can return successfully. + */ if (!refs_reflog_exists(ref_store, refname)) { unlock_ref(lock); return 0; |