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Diffstat (limited to 'cache.h')
-rw-r--r-- | cache.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -602,9 +602,28 @@ extern int do_read_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, extern int read_index_from(struct index_state *, const char *path); extern int is_index_unborn(struct index_state *); extern int read_index_unmerged(struct index_state *); + +/* For use with `write_locked_index()`. */ #define COMMIT_LOCK (1 << 0) -#define CLOSE_LOCK (1 << 1) + +/* + * Write the index while holding an already-taken lock. Close the lock, + * and if `COMMIT_LOCK` is given, commit it. + * + * Unless a split index is in use, write the index into the lockfile. + * + * With a split index, write the shared index to a temporary file, + * adjust its permissions and rename it into place, then write the + * split index to the lockfile. If the temporary file for the shared + * index cannot be created, fall back to the behavior described in + * the previous paragraph. + * + * With `COMMIT_LOCK`, the lock is always committed or rolled back. + * Without it, the lock is closed, but neither committed nor rolled + * back. + */ extern int write_locked_index(struct index_state *, struct lock_file *lock, unsigned flags); + extern int discard_index(struct index_state *); extern void move_index_extensions(struct index_state *dst, struct index_state *src); extern int unmerged_index(const struct index_state *); @@ -716,6 +735,10 @@ extern void fill_stat_cache_info(struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st); extern int refresh_index(struct index_state *, unsigned int flags, const struct pathspec *pathspec, char *seen, const char *header_msg); extern struct cache_entry *refresh_cache_entry(struct cache_entry *, unsigned int); +/* + * Opportunistically update the index but do not complain if we can't. + * The lockfile is always committed or rolled back. + */ extern void update_index_if_able(struct index_state *, struct lock_file *); extern int hold_locked_index(struct lock_file *, int); |